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{{short description|1962 single by Bernard Cribbins}} |
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| name = The Hole in the Ground |
| name = The Hole in the Ground |
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| type = single |
| type = single |
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| artist = [[Bernard Cribbins |
| artist = [[Bernard Cribbins]] |
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| album = |
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| B-side = Winkle Picker Shoes |
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| released = 1962 |
| released = 1962 |
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| recorded = 22 December 1961<ref name="tunein">{{cite book |last1=Lewisohn |first1=Mark |title=The Beatles – All These Years, Volume One: Tune In |date=2013 |publisher=Little, Brown and Company |isbn=978-1-4000-8305-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ibk1AAAAQBAJ |access-date=24 May 2022 }}</ref> |
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| format = [[Single (song)|Single]] |
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| studio = [[Abbey Road Studios|EMI]], London<ref name="tunein"/> |
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| genre = [[Comic song]] |
| genre = [[Comic song]] |
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| label = [[Parlophone]] |
| label = [[Parlophone]] |
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| writer = [[Ted Dicks]] |
| writer = [[Ted Dicks]] |
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| lyricist = [[Myles Rudge]] |
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| producer = [[George Martin]] |
| producer = [[George Martin]] |
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| prev_title = Folk Song |
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| prev_year = 1960 |
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| next_title = [[Right Said Fred (song)|Right Said Fred]] |
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| next_year = 1962 |
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"'''The Hole in the Ground'''" |
"'''The Hole in the Ground'''" is a [[comic song]] written by [[Myles Rudge]] and composed by [[Ted Dicks]]. When recorded by [[Bernard Cribbins]] and released by [[EMI]] on the [[Parlophone]] label in 1962, it was a number nine hit in the [[UK Singles Chart]]. It remains the highest charting and most successful of Cribbins' hit singles, staying on the chart for 13 weeks.<ref>David Roberts. ''[[British Hit Singles & Albums]]''. Guinness World Records Limited</ref><ref>{{citation |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2012/may/02/old-music-bernard-cribbins-right-said-fred |title=Old music: Bernard Cribbins – Right Said Fred |journal=[[The Guardian]] |author=Jon Dennis |date=2 May 2012}}</ref><ref>{{citation |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |page=619 |author=Colin Larkin |year=2000 |isbn=9780195313734 |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]}}</ref> The musical accompaniment was directed by Gordon Franks, and the producer was [[George Martin]]. |
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The song is about a dispute between a workman digging a hole and an officious [[busybody]] wearing a [[bowler hat]]. This exemplifies [[British class system|British class conflict]] of the era and Cribbins switches between a working class [[Cockney]] accent, in which he [[H-dropping|drops his aitches]], and a [[Received Pronunciation|middle class accent]] for the gentleman in the bowler hat. |
The song is about a dispute between a workman digging a hole and an officious [[busybody]] wearing a [[bowler hat]]. This exemplifies [[British class system|British class conflict]] of the era and Cribbins switches between a working class [[Cockney]] accent, in which he [[H-dropping|drops his aitches]], and a [[Received Pronunciation|middle class accent]] for the gentleman in the bowler hat. |
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{{poemquote|Don't dig there, dig it elsewhere. |
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You're digging it round and it ought to be square. |
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:''You're digging it round and it ought to be square. |
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==Reception== |
==Reception== |
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[[Noël Coward]], who wrote many comic songs himself, chose the record as one of his ''[[Desert Island Discs]]''. He said: "I think the only one I would never get sick of is |
[[Noël Coward]], who wrote many comic songs himself, chose the record as one of his ''[[Desert Island Discs]]''. He said: "I think the only one I would never get sick of is "Hole in the Ground", because I could translate it into French as I walked up and down on the beach."<ref>{{citation |title=Desert Island Discs: 70 years of castaways |author=Sean Magee |publisher=Random House |year=2012 |isbn=9781448127450| page=119}}</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Latest revision as of 20:37, 20 May 2024
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| Single by Bernard Cribbins | ||||
| B-side | "Winkle Picker Shoes" | |||
| Released | 1962 | |||
| Recorded | 22 December 1961[1] | |||
| Studio | EMI, London[1] | |||
| Genre | Comic song | |||
| Label | Parlophone | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Ted Dicks | |||
| Lyricist(s) | Myles Rudge | |||
| Producer(s) | George Martin | |||
| Bernard Cribbins singles chronology | ||||
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"The Hole in the Ground" is a comic song written by Myles Rudge and composed by Ted Dicks. When recorded by Bernard Cribbins and released by EMI on the Parlophone label in 1962, it was a number nine hit in the UK Singles Chart. It remains the highest charting and most successful of Cribbins' hit singles, staying on the chart for 13 weeks.[2][3][4] The musical accompaniment was directed by Gordon Franks, and the producer was George Martin.
The song is about a dispute between a workman digging a hole and an officious busybody wearing a bowler hat. This exemplifies British class conflict of the era and Cribbins switches between a working class Cockney accent, in which he drops his aitches, and a middle class accent for the gentleman in the bowler hat.
Don't dig there, dig it elsewhere.
You're digging it round and it ought to be square.
The shape of it's wrong, it's much too long,
And you can't put a hole where a hole don't belong.
Reception
[edit]Noël Coward, who wrote many comic songs himself, chose the record as one of his Desert Island Discs. He said: "I think the only one I would never get sick of is "Hole in the Ground", because I could translate it into French as I walked up and down on the beach."[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Lewisohn, Mark (2013). The Beatles – All These Years, Volume One: Tune In. Little, Brown and Company. ISBN 978-1-4000-8305-3. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
- ^ David Roberts. British Hit Singles & Albums. Guinness World Records Limited
- ^ Jon Dennis (2 May 2012), "Old music: Bernard Cribbins – Right Said Fred", The Guardian
- ^ Colin Larkin (2000), The Encyclopedia of Popular Music, Oxford University Press, p. 619, ISBN 9780195313734
- ^ Sean Magee (2012), Desert Island Discs: 70 years of castaways, Random House, p. 119, ISBN 9781448127450
