Rambling Syd Rumpo was a folk singer character played by English comedianKenneth Williams in the radio comedy series Round the Horne. The Rambling Syd sketches generally began with a short discourse on the nature of the song which would inexorably follow; these discourses in their own right would have assured Rambling Syd Rumpo a place in radio history as masterpieces of suggestivity and double-entendre. For this, Rambling Syd was customarily introduced by Kenneth Horne, who would set things up by (for example) inquiring as to the nature and origin of the song. Rambling Syd would (usually) respond with an "Ullo, mi dearios" before launching into the ensuing detailed explanation which left a great deal to the imagination. This action and the name were a parody of Ramblin' Jack Elliott. Folk song redirects here. ... For the documentary about Jerry Seinfeld, see Comedian (film). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Round the Horne was one of the most influential BBC Radio comedy programmes, comparable to The Goon Show in its influence on other comedy programmes. ... Kenneth Horne Kenneth Horne (27 February 1907, London – 14 February 1969) was an English comedian and businessman. ... Ramblin Jack Elliott Ramblin Jack Elliot (born Elliott Charles Adnopoz, August 1, 1931) is an American folk performer. ...
The songs themselves pushed and extended boundaries of acceptable sexual suggestivity way beyond the narrow confines of a Sunday lunchtime radio slot, using nonsense (or little-known) words like 'moolies' and 'nadgers' in suggestive contexts.
Williams later starred (with Leslie Phillips and others) in the short-lived Radio sketch show Oh, Get On with It (based on a pilot episode entitled Get On With It), which also featured appearances as Rambling Syd. Leslie Samuel Phillips OBE (b. ...
Many of the words used by Rambling Syd were made up, and have subsequently entered the English language (such as 'nadger').
An excerpt from a Christmas episode:
Good King Boroslav looked out,
On a feast of grungers,
Saw them whirdling 'round about,
Armed with rubber plungers.
Brightly shone their moolies then,
With their possetts glowing.
He knew not from whence they came, (switching back into suggestive cockney accent)
But 'e knew where they were going!
Memorable songs
The Ballad of the Somerset Nog (to the tune of Widecombe Fair)
D'Ye Ken Jim Pubes (to the tune of D'Ye Ken John Peel)
Green Grow My Nadgers O! (to the tune of Green Grow The Rushes-O)
The Ballad of the Woggler's Moulie (to the tune of Clementine)
The Taddle Gropers' Dance (to the tune of Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush)
This CD is called The Best of RamblingSydRumpo, and, indeed, the first 16 of the tracks are the best of RamblingSydRumpo, Kenneth Williams at his finest.
RamblingSyd first became a cultural icon when he sang his cordwangler's ballads in the BBC Radio series 'Round the Horne'.
The SydRumpo tunes are funny, and at times hilarious but it would seem that the recording is a reprise of the sketches recorded for the radio show and therefore lack the tension and anticipation of the BBC artefacts.
RamblingSydRumpo was a folk singer character played by English comedic genius Kenneth Williams in the radio comedy series Round the Horne.
The RamblingSyd sketches generally began with a short discourse on the nature of the song which would inexorably follow; these discourses in their own right would have assured RamblingSydRumpo a place in radio history as masterpieces of suggestivity and double-entendre.
For this, RamblingSyd was customarily introduced by Kenneth Horne, who would set things up by (for example) inquiring as to the nature and origin of the song.
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