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Canoeing No More

from No More Canoeing by The Wibbley Brothers

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A trenchant post punk defence of your favourite watersport.

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You’d think that British Waterways would have other things to ponder
Like the multitude of trollies and old boots on cartoon fishing lines
But you’d be right (yes you’d be right)
To think they don’t know what they’re doing
‘Cause they’ve only put a sign up that says no more canoeing
No more canoeing
No more canoeing
Yes they’ve gone and put a sign up that says no more canoeing

Outdated power structures and infringements of our rights
Conspire to thwart the watersports men and women of this town
But it’s quite clear (yes it’s quite clear)
That a contretemps is brewing
‘Cause they’ve introduced a byelaw that says no more canoeing
No more canoeing
No more canoeing
Yes they’ve introduced a byelaw that says no more canoeing

Don’t talk to me of kayaks, pedalos or paddleboards
Of leisure centres, swimming baths, municipal attractions
What we need (yes what we need)
Despite the froing and the toing
Is a life-long ban for those who shout out no more canoeing
No more canoeing
No more canoeing
Yes a life-long ban for those who shout out no more canoeing

The blacksmith isn’t shoeing
The lover isn’t wooing
HR aren’t interviewing
My UHU isn’t gluing
Subscriptions aren’t renewing
Cows have ceased their mooing
The voyeur isn’t viewing
Collared doves aren’t cooing
Plums are no longer stewing
Brobat isn’t blueing
The crew have stopped their crewing
And this is all your doing
No more canoeing
No more canoeing
And this all your doing
No more canoeing
(fade)
British Waterways, I ask you!

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from No More Canoeing, released June 17, 2022

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The Wibbley Brothers London, UK

The Wibbley Brothers are an outsider English musical duo, credited by Record Collector magazine with creating "quite possibly one of the most eccentric rarities ever to have ended up in rock’s cobweb-encrusted vaults" with their second record release, 'The Wibbley Brothers Go Weird'.
A full-length second album entitled 'Mornin’ Jack' was released in winter 2020. ... more

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