Turn the houselights down
The audience is seated
What’s going to hit this town tonight
Will never be repeated
They’ve dome from all around the joint
To try and be the best
At the Annual Bimbi Amateur Talent Quest They planned to use the local hall
to stage the big event
But in the end they had to hire
a great big canvas tent
The problem was the hall burned down
at the last big B & S
But that didn’t stop the Bimbi Talent Quest
CHORUS
Two bucks a ticket
and the kids got in for free
It was quite a big event
for the little town of Bimbi
Everyone who fronted up
declared it a success
And it’s my bet they won’t forget
the Bimbi Talent Quest
The backing band were local lads
together for the night
They found it hard to play by ear
And they couldn’t play by sight
They may have all played out of tune
but no one was distressed
Toes were tapping at the Bimbi Talent Quest
They had a draw for the lucky door
and it came as a surprise
That one of the local clergymen
was the one who scored the prize.
Now what he’ll do with a case of
scotch is anybody’s guess
But he was glad he came to the Bimbi Talent Quest
A local bloke who’s got a name
for being quite a wag
Did a rather saucy song dressed
head to to in drag
Alfie Dunk, the local drunk, was
really quite impressed
And followed him home from the Bimbi Talent Quest
The bloke who won the contest
was the bloke the judges chose
He came from out Thuddungra
played a gum leaf with his nose
We were a bit suspicious he was
chosen as the best
Coz his mother judged the Bimbi Talent Quest
I have always wanted to use these lyrics of one of my favourite songs from one of favourite artists
Colin Buchanan in a blog post. The song is called The Bimbi Talent Quest and I started singing it yesterday afternoon when I head that there was to be a show last night here in our little village! The advertising car had been driving around most of the day with it’s loudspeaker blaring that last night a magic/entertainment show was coming to town. 20 baht per adult (.85 cents) and the kids were free. Everyone was quite excited especially the kids and of course me! Shows like this come once a year if you are lucky I was told.
It was due to start at 7pm but was told it started late last year so despite my keenness to get moving we didn’t leave until 7.30pm. It was just a 3 minute walk away at the local temple where they had erected some canvas walls within the grounds of the temple to stop any prying eyes. It was just as I had imagined! Blaring music distorting poor quality speakers. A game out the front where you had to throw a small ring over the large neck of a soft drink bottle to win a prize. I watched the man who ran the game try unsuccessfully quite a number of times to get the ring to land correctly but to no avail. Obviously everyone else missed this as once one local got brave and decided to play about another 50 immediately wanted in as well. Of course a few snacks were for sale, no fairy floss here but dried squid instead.
By 7.45pm the crowd had swelled but still it hadn’t started. By 8pm I took Marisah home as she was sick and needed a shower and bed. By 8.30pm Seerung brought Ariya home as it still hadn’t started and at 9pm we saw my sister in law who had just came home as well and said it looked like it was just beginning.
So really this is just a blog about nothing. I just didn’t want to miss my opportunity to post the lyrics to the Bimbi Talent Quest!
