Millie Week 58: Mon 14 Oct - Sat 20 Oct 1991

The Wombling Song (w: Mike Batt, best known for Art Garfunkel's Bright Eyes and for being the Svengali behind Katie Mellua's career) was a Gnomefumbler favourite. I don't know it ever made it to a guitar textbook, but we certainly covered it after finding some sheet music for it in a junk shop. Here's a video of it by the original Wombles. Inside those furry suits you will find some of the most respected session musicians in England, including Chris Spedding and Clem Cattini.

"Oggi Oggi Oggi" is a rabble rousing call and response chant. It goes:

Q: Oggi Oggi Oggi!
A: Oi! Oi! Oi!
Q: Oggi Oggi Oggi!
A: Oi! Oi! Oi!
Q: Oggi!
A: Oi!
Q: Oggi!
A: Oi!
Q: Oggi Oggi Oggi!
A: Oi! Oi! Oi!

Most of Max Boyce's act in the 1970s consisted of this, repeated endlessly.