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Ladies a Plate

from Ladies a Plate by Andrew London Trio

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Evokes the nostalgia of dances in old country halls in NZ back the 1940s & '50s, blokes in the carpark with flagons of beer, ladies setting up the supper on trestle tables, dancing the Gay Gordon and waltzing to 'The Loveliest Night of The Year'.

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Ladies a plate, you've got a date with me, Saturday night at the hall
We’ll dance near the bandstand and ask them for more,
won’t even stop while they powder the floor
Ladies a plate, you’ve got a date with me Saturday night at the hall

I’ll come round at seven, you’ll be dressed by then,
got Brylcream all over my collar again
you do your hair while I chat with your Dad
You look so pretty and I don’t look too bad

We’ll take my old Prefect, if you don’t mind the noise
There’s a flagon of Brown in the back for the boys
Our friends will all be there, I just heard today
We’ll dance the whole night away

We’ll chance the Maxina ,we’ll chacha and jive
We’ll quickstep and foxtrot and waltz
When we do the Gay Gordon my mind’s in a whirl
cos those other guys all get to dance with my girl

And when supper is over we’ll kick off our shoes
cos the band will start rockin’ them Summertime Blues
But the last waltz is mine , you’ll say soft in my ear
“It’s the loveliest night of the year “

credits

from Ladies a Plate, track released March 1, 2014
Words and Music Andrew London (guitar, banjo & vox)
Kirsten London: bass
Nils Olsen: sax
Lance Philip: drums

Recorded at Matrix Digital Studios in Wellington.
Cover Art by Gerad Taylor, www.geradtaylor.com

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Andrew London New Zealand

New Zealand singer/songwriter of mainly (but not exclusively) satirical original songs in a mainly (but not exclusively) 1940s swing genre.

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