Who wrote and sang?

Question

a song with this first line..

Noel Coward was a charmer............etc.

Answer 1

There Ain't Half Been Some Clever Bastards

Noel Coward was a charmer
As a writer he was Brahma
Velvet jackets and pyjamas
The Gay Divorce and other dramas

There ain't half been some clever bastards
Lucky bleeders
Lucky bleeders
There ain't half been some clever bastards

Van Gogh did some eye-ball pleasers
He must have been a pencil squeezer
He didn't do the Mona Lisa
That was an Italian geezer

There ain't half been some clever bastards
Lucky bleeders
Lucky bleeders
There ain't half been some clever bastards

Einstein can't be classed as witless
He claimed atoms were the littlest
When you did a bit of splittiness
Frightened everybody shitless

There ain't half been some clever bastards
Probably got help from their mum who had help from her mum
There ain't half been some clever bastards
Now that we've had some let's hope that there's lots more to come!

There ain't half been some clever bastards
Lucky bleeders
Lucky bleeders
There ain't half been some clever bastards

Okey dokey
Oh
Segovia
La da da da da da dee dee
Tick tum dain tick tum dain tick tee

There ain't half been some clever bastards
Lucky bleeders
Lucky bleeders
There ain't half been some clever bastards
Lucky bleeders
Lucky bleeders
There ain't half been some clever bastards
There ain't half been some clever bastards

Answer 2

There Ain't Half Been Some Clever Bastards by Ian Drury
"Noel Coward was a charmer
As a writer he was Brahma
Velvet jackets and pyjamas
The Gay Divorce and other dramas
There ain't half been some clever bastards."
Fantastic song

Answer 3

Ian Dury and the Blockheads sung it and Ian Dury wrote it

Noel Coward was a charmer.
As a writer he was brahma.
Velvet jackets and pyjamas,
"the gay divorce" and other dramas.

There ain't half been some clever bastards
(Lucky bleeders, lucky bleeders)
There ain't half been some clever bas-tards.

Van Gough did some eyeball pleasers.
He must have been a pencil squeezer.
He didn't do the Mona Lisa,
That was an Italian geezer.

There ain't half been some clever bastards
(Lucky bleeders, lucky bleeders)
There ain't half been some clever bas-tards.

Einstein can't be classed as witless.
He claimed atoms were the littlest.
When you did a bit of splitting-em-ness
Frighten everybody shitless

There ain't half been some clever bastards.
Probably got help from their mum
(who had help from her mum).
There ain't half been some clever bastards.
Now that we've had some,
let's hope that there's lots more to come.

There ain't half been some clever bastards
(Lucky bleeders, lucky bleeders)
There ain't half been some clever bas-tards.

Okey-dokey!
Oh!
Segovia.
Da-laa la-laa da-daa da-lee
De dump di dump de dump-dump-diddle li-lee.

There ain't half been some clever bastards
(Lucky bleeders, lucky bleeders)
There ain't half been some clever bastards
(Lucky bleeders, lucky bleeders)
There ain't half been some clever bastards
(Lucky bleeders, lucky bleeders)
There ain't half been some clever........
..................................bastards.

Answer 4

I seem to remem,ber Ian Drury & The Blockheads singing these lyrics could be wrong. I think the song was titled "There aint half been sum clever Bsatrds"

Answer 5

IAN DURY AND THE BLOCKHEADS - There Ain't Half Been Some Clever Bastards

Answer 6

Ian Dury I believe - see line 73 of this: http://petergreenaway.co.uk/8.htm

Answer 7

Ian Dury and the Blockheads... title is "There aint have been some clever bastards!"

Answer 8

Yep good ol Drury brilliant and saddly missed !!

Answer 9

http://www.iandury.com/Singles/index5.htm