Maybe this has been answered ages ago, but how exactly do we know the lyrics to I Scrubbed the Crabs that Killed Sheffield? I thought the only release was this crappy clip from an interview with it playing in the background that most people have had laying around on their harddrives forever.
Early on a Saturday morning Sometime after eight o'clock I received a vile warning It all came on as a bit of a shock There were crabs all around me Hundred thousands; well quite a lot They'd been put in water; left them through the night Now that they'd died they had started to rot
Wooah-ooh-oh-ooh I scrubbed... I scrubbed the... Wooah-ooh-oh-ooh I scrubbed the crabs that killed Shef
The stenches were quite amazing Still I had a job to do Later on I heard some people complaining But the terrible smell just grew and grew Eventually they had finished boiling A crowd began to gather round Well, we took them out and put them under the counter And we sold them off; 28 pence a pound
Wooah-ooh-oh-ooh I scrubbed... I scrubbed the... Wooah-ooh-oh-ooh I scrubbed the crabs that killed Shef
I didn't mean to kill them Just did as I was told All those women and children DEAD Because of the crabs that we'd sold I'm not feeling cool in my head I can't believe there're so many dead (??) Aarrgghh!
Wooah-ooh-oh-ooh I scrubbed... I scrubbed the... Wooah-ooh-oh-ooh I scrubbed the crabs that killed Sheffield
Yes I know, but where did those lyrics come from? The only copy of this song I have ever heard is the 830 kb mp3 that has it playing muffled in the background behind an interview with Jarvis. It's neither the whole song nor are the lyrics distinguishable.
So that would lead me to believe the full song is available somewhere... unless these lyrics were printed somewhere officially without anyone ever having actually heard the song.
