Thanks to Ron, & on the wagon et al !Great to know you're all out there! What was the other Bernard Cribbens

Question

Was it 'There I was, digging this hole?' Hole in the ground, sorta big & sorta round....? Or am I just getting completely muddled between the 2 songs? I love Bernard Cribbens anyway. Best storyteller on Jackanory.

Answer 1

It's Hole in the ground.

Here are the lyrics...

There I was, a-digging this hole
A hole in the ground, so big and sort of round it was
There was I, digging it deep
It was flat at at the bottom and the sides were steep
When along, comes this bloke in a bowler which he lifted and scratched his head
Well we looked down the hole, poor demented soul and he said

Do you mind if I make a suggestion?

Don't dig there, dig it elsewhere
Your digging it round and it ought to be square
The shape of it's wrong, it's much much too long
And you can't put hole wher a hole don't belong

I ask, what a liberty eh
Nearly bashed him right in the bowler

Well there was I, stood in me hole
Shovelling earth for all I was worth
There was him, standing up there
So grand and official with his nose in the air
So I gave him a look sort of sideways and I leaned on my shvel and sighed

Well I lit me a *** and having took a drag I replied

I just couldnít bear, to dig it elsewhere
I'm digging it round co's I donít want it square
And if you disagree it don't bother me
Thatís the place where the holes gonna be

Well there we were, disscussing this hole
A hole in the groud so big and sort of round
Well it's not there now, the groundrs all flat
And beneath it is the bloke in the bowler hat

And that's that

Answer 2

Try an album called 'The Very Best of Bernard Cribbens'
You can buy it from the link below.

Here are the tracks on the album:

Hole In The Ground
Right Said Fred
Winkle Picker Shoes Blues
Fok Song
The Bird on the Second Floor
Ringing on the Engine Bell
Get Your Hair Cut
Overture
One Man Band
I Go a Bundle
My Resistance Is Low
Verily
Gossip Calypso
What About Me Then
Sea Shanty
The Tale of a Mouse
Double Thinks
I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face
I'd Rather Go Fishing
Thumbelina
Jenny Kissed Me
Inch Worm
I'm Hans Christian Andersen
The Ugly Duckling
No Two People
The King's New Clothes
(I Don't Like Your) Country Music
"B" Side Blues
Giggling Gertie the Laughing Traffic Warden
When I'm Sixty Four
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Hope this helps.