George Formby no es solamente un icono del entertainment británico, sino que su música fue influencia fundamental en el nacimiento del skiffle inglés, estilo claramente enraizado en el Country y en el folk estadounidenses. No sería exagerado afirmar, pues, que sin Woody Guthrie, Leadbelly o Formby, jamás habría existido Lonnie Donegan.
Además, fue precursor de un instrumento del que no se suele hablar demasiado: el banjolele (o banjulele)
¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
...SWIMMIN' WITH THE WIMMIN'... by George Formby -------------------------------.................
*N.B...Ukulele CHORD DIAGRAMS follow the Guitar Tab*
*CAPO 3rd FRET*
(Original Key: Bb)
Intro:
A7D7G7, CFC
Verse 1:
CA7GdimG7 Now every year about July, when summer time comes round, G7C There's lots and lots of people at the seaside to be found. A7Dm Some play golf or tennis; others like to take a rest, D7 D7b5 G7 But here's the kind of exercise, that I en-joy the best;
Chorus 1:
CD7G7GdimG7CC7 When I go swimin' with the wimmin', eee, I do have a real good time. FCdimCD7G7 Bobbing up and down in the water; it comes just below my Mason Dixon line.
CC7CaugF To see the ladies do their ex-er -cises, D7E7 You wouldn't think that half of them were slimming. A7D7 And when the girls stand up to sneeze, you can see their housemaids knees. G7CFC If you go swimmin' with the wimmin'.
Verse 2:
CA7GdimG7 Now even when I am at home and working day to day, G7C I always do look forward to my half day holiday. A7Dm The people don't invite me out, they know my half day's fixed, D7 D7b5 G7 I go out to the baths that day, because the bathing's mixed.
Chorus 2:
CD7G7GdimG7CC7 And I go swimin' with the wimmin', and I do have a real good time. FCdimC I go bobbing up and down in the water, D7 With a pretty girl, whose name is Adeline.
CC7CaugF You ought to see her latest bath-ing costume; D7E7 It's nothing but a little bit of trimming. A7D7 And what I took to be her face, turned out to be a different place, G7CFC When I went swimmin' with the wimmin'.
Interlude:
CD7, G7GdimG7, CC7, FCdimC, D7
Chorus 3:
CC7CaugF One day I went in with some of my re -lations, D7E7 And someone went and pushed my Uncle Jim in. A7 He came up gasping for his breath and shouted; D7 And shouted; "what a lovely death, G7CFC To die while swimmin', with the wimmin!'
Chorus 4:
CD7G7GdimG7CC7 Once I went swimmin' with the wimmin' and I did feel a big soft thing. FCdimC A woman went and fainted in the water, D7G7 And where she disappeared it left a ring.
CC7CaugF So I jumped in with nearly all my clothes on, D7E7 And swam until my eyesight started dimming. A7D7 And after fighting for my life, I found I'd gone and saved the wife; G7CFC So I've chucked swimmin' with the wimmin'!