In which I add my take on a century old tale...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Has_Anybody_Here_Seen_Kelly%3F
Vocals deliberately low in mix and lyrics are an earlier draft than below. Think I'll turn the chrous into a Rock when I play this out.
Untuned Guitar improv, Manx rain and garage band keyboard noises.
Kelly and his Missus went Across
Went up to London Town
Kelly and his Missus got lost
Sep-er-ated
Anxious she went around asking ...
Anybody here seen Kelly?
K-E-Double-L-Y
Yeah has anybody seen Kelly
Kelly from the Isle of Man
Noone ever found Kelly
That's because he didn't exist
Kelly was a fictional construct
There never was a Kelly from the Isle of Man
(Actually there are lots
But this Kelly was made up)
For Ms Florrie Forde
To sing to the tourist hordes
Summer Season at the Derby Castle
Before the wars
It was the summer banger
1910's Imma Poloma Blanca
All over they were asking
Anybody here seen Kelly?
K-E-Double-L-Y
Yeah has anybody seen Kelly
Kelly from the Isle of Man
The Kelly legend grew
One song wasn't enough
To contain the Kelly myth
Billy Merson wanted to know
If they can find the North Pole
Why can't they find Kelly?
Until Billy Williams
- The Laughing Singer
Claimed "I've Found Kelly"
Somehow Kelly survived the war
Because in 1919 Florrie Forde
was "Glad to Have You Back Kelly"
But the next year told us
"Kelly's At It Again"
Anybody here seen Kelly?
K-E-Double-L-Y
Yeah has anybody seen Kelly
Kelly from the Isle of Man
But Kelly liked to roam
He pitched up in the Big Apple
Claiming he was from
The Emerald Isle
For Saint Patrick's
On American Lips
With accents as authentic
As Ed Sheeran's Celtic Strings
For someone so famously
Hard to find
Kelly got about a bit
He was seen on Broadway
And English Opera Houses
In Hollywood Blockbusters
And on prime-time TV
He was last seen
In a Netflix Western
New Century - New Identity
Name changed to Molly
Anybody here seen Kelly?
K-E-Double-L-Y
Yeah has anybody seen Kelly
Kelly from the Isle of Man
@fuzzy Feb 2022
I wasn't sure what to expect, but it wasn't a full-on weirdo Experimental track.
This is really excellent.
I'm loving the hard panning on the vox paired with the jangly guitar and the little chimes getting in on the action.
I absolutely loved this.