Thanks for the response, VEGANGELICA.
If you feel inclined, you can check out the words to the AS song, though you may not be much the wiser:-
Spoiler for "Ullo John" Lyrics:
ALEXIE SAYLE
Ullo John Gotta New Motor Lyrics
Ullo-Ullo-Ullo-Ullo
Ullo John! Gotta new motor?
Your goat's made a mess on the carpet (x2)
He lost his bottle in Barnsley (x2)
He's an Avon Representative (x2)
Ullo John! Gotta new motor?
They put me in a special hospital (x2)
Is there life on Mars? (x2)
Is there life in Peckham? (x2)
What's that switch over there for? (x2)
Ah ah ah ah ow... ah ah ah ah ow
Ullo John! Gotta new motor?
He can't half play the bongos (x2)
He's got a record by Billy Joel (x2)
Them locks are easy (x2)
Here's my calling card:*headbutt* ! (x2)
That's a nice piece of balsa (x2)
You can make a model out of that (x2)
He stuck his head in a dustbin (x2)
And then ran through the launderette (x2)
Ullo John! Gotta new motor?
'Ere John do you like the suit here, eh eh it's a lovely suit innit?
'Ere wanna brown ale? (x2)
Ullo John! Gotta new motor?
Mine's a light and bitter (x2)
Ullo John! Gotta new mot-AH ... AH ... AH
He works on the Thames Barrier (x2)
I keep tropical fish (x2)
In me underpants (x2)
Ullo John! Gotta new motor?
He walks around with a hat on (x2)
(Spoken) Oh yeah our Rodney yeah, he's the intelligent one
He's in the police force
Very bright he is
Been to Miami? Lovely... Miami
Package tour in Miami
You can't get a light and bitter
You can't get a light and bitter in Miami though
You can get one in Bermondsey though!
That's a nice sound as well, Bermondsey
You can get a light and bitter, and it sounds nice
Light and bitter, that sounds nice, I'd like a light and bitter
Oh cheers thanks a lot
Oh nice one yeah, alright
What you having? What you having eh?
Pina Colada?
Lovely - here. You must be sophisticated
Ullo John! Gotta new motor?
Your goat's made a mess of the carpet (x2)
Ullo John! Gotta new motor? (x5)
(Spoken) Here that's a nice three piece suite, yeah
I like your music centre
Here, got any Demis Roussos?
Oo I like him, Barry Manilow,
I think he's terrific
Oh I love him, I love Barry Manilow,
I go all weak, when I hear Barry Manilow I go all weak
Yes, "creepily chipper" is a good description of Rebecca Black´s song, with it´s rather desperate rallying cry to have fun. After posting "Ullo John", I shouldn´t really criticize lyrics, but Rebecca Black´s lines explaining the sequential order of the days of the week were so bad that they made me laugh! What Matt Mulholland does with such unpromising material is very clever indeed, though I´m not sure that I´d call it a comedy song. I guess, like the recorder by candlelight song, the humour is quite subtle.
And here´s a song with very straightforward humour, making jokes about a trip to Blackpool. ( Blackpool was a well-known fairground/resort of a kind that was popular in the fifties - the equivalent, perhaps, of Coney Island in North America.)