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B

Ballad of Billy Kershaw, The
Bantam Cock, The
Black Swan, The
Blacksmith and the Toffeemaker, The
Brigadier, The
Brother Gorilla
Bull, The

C

Cactus, The
Caroline Diggeby-Pratte
Castleford Ladies' Magic Circle, The
Cenotaph, The
Country Boy
Country Bus
Country Girl

D - F

Dans L'Eau De La Claire Fontaine
Dog
Family Grave
Family Tree
Famous People
Ferryboat, The
Fine Bay Pony
Freda

G - H

Girl in the Window, The
Girl with the Fragile Eyes, The
Go Little Swale
God Bless America
Grandad
Gravedigger, The
Hair of the Widow of Bridlington, The
Hole, The

I - J - K

I Stayed Off Work Today
Isabel Makes Love Upon National Monuments
Isabella
Isobel
It Was Only A Gypsy
Jolly Captain, The
Joseph
Jumble Sale
Kirkstall Road Girl, The
Kiss, The

L

Ladies' Basic Freedom Polka
Lah-Di-Dah
Last Will and Testament of Jake Thackray, The
Le Cygne Noir
Leopold Alcox
Little Black Foal, The
Little Thomas Haverley
Lodger, The
Lullaby
Lullaby My Daddy-o

M - N

Miss World
Mrs Murphy
My Pipe, My Boots And My Lord
My Roly Poly Girl
Nurse

O

Old Molly Metcalfe
On Again! On Again!
On The Shelf / I’ve Been Left On The Shelf
One of Them
One-Eyed Isaac
Our Dog
Over To Isobel

P

Pass Milord the Rooster Juice
Personal Column
Policeman's Jig, The
Poor Sod, The
Prisoner, The

R

Rain on the Mountainside, The
Remember Bethlehem
Remembrance, The
Romance

S

Salvation Army Girl
Scallywag
Shepherdess, The
Side by Side
Singer, The
Sister Josephine
Slowly Our Eyes
Sophie
Statues, The

T - W

To Do With You
Tortoise
Tra La La
Ulysses
Uncle Arthur
Vicar's Missus, The
Worried Brown Eyes

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Jake Thackray at the BBC DVD

Jake Thackray at the BBC makes available on DVD, for the first time, fifty-six performances, covering Jake’s career from 1968 to 1985. The footage, most of which hasn’t seen the light of day for half a century, includes rare and previously unreleased songs, and everything that is known to survive in the BBC archives.

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SONG LYRICS & GUITAR TABS

Click the link below to go directly to Jake’s lyrics transcribed from the studio recordings where available.

Guitar tabs are also available – with one exception for obvious reasons. The tabs were supplied by a couple of community members, Malcolm Jeffrey and Paul Thompson.

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