Whisky on a Sunday Traditional Cache
Sandiway Searchers: Decided to take cache off as it was criticized so much!!
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Whisky on a Sunday is a drive by very close to Liverpool Centre. You will be able to park close to the cache. It is a small cache not much bigger than a micro.
He sat on the corner of Bevington Bush,
astride an old packing case,
And the dolls on the end of the plank went dancing,
as he crooned with a smile on his face.
CHORUS: "Come day, go day. Wishing me heart for Sunday.
Drinking buttermilk all the week; whisky on a Sunday."
2; His tired old hands drummed the wooden plank,
and the puppet dolls they danced the gear.
A far better show then you ever would see,
at the Pivvy or new Brightion Pier.
CHORUS; Come day go day........
3; But in 1905, old Seth Davy died,
and his song was heard no more.
And the three dancing dolls ended up in a bin,
and the plank went to mend a back-door.
CHORUS:"Come day, go day
4; But on some stormy nights, down Scotty Road way,
when the wind blows up from the sea,
You can still hear the song of old Seth Davy,
that he sang to his dancing dolls three;
CHORUS; "Come day, go day...
SETH DAVY was a real person, he really existed, and he died a couple of years into the 20th century. This cache will take you to an area called "Bevington Bush" just north of Liverpool City Centre. Seth Davy did a "busking" act outside a pub called Bevington Bush pub fondly known as the 'Bevy Inn'. . The Liverpool slang for 'bevvy' may have derived from this old inn. Here he used to amuse the children while their parents were relaxing inside. It had been planned to save his dolls but they had been thrown into a jowler bin and lost. The plank on which his dolls danced was stolen and we are told now holds together a local's back door!
The “Pivvy” that the song refers to was a theatre that still exist as a bingo hall. The Beatles played there in the sixties. New Brighton Pier was “over the water” in Wirral. John used to wine and dine me there when we were “courting”. We would have half a pint of bitter and a bag of chips between us!! Buttermilk that the song refers to was sold in Paddys Market, a very famous market near Bevington Bush until it got moved.
Bevington Bush Road was a hamlet named Bevington Bush, a thickly wooded valley between Bevington Hill and Everton Hill. With the opening of Scotland Road, the ancient Bevington Bush Road became a minor road amidst the massive slum district that would soon engulf it. The area is now becoming more part of Liverpool centre. The new buildings near are student accommodation and the area is slowly improving. We just hope Liverpool won’t lose these stories and the character that Liverpool is so famous for. Please Let us know in your log if you know this folk song.
A first to find certificate is near the cache
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