A tale of contortion. Kelvin joins me on Piano Accordion.
Singer Songwriter of traditional sounding songs.
I play guitar, mandola and mandolin and write my own songs, which I occasionally perform in public, I mostly sing my favorite songs of other artists and traditional songs.
I also play in a duo call 'Twist of Fate'
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I enjoy folk festivals where the entertainment comes solely from those attending, no paid artists. Over the last few years I have compiled a list of UK mini festivals
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Story behind the song
The idea and title came from watching a contortionist.
Lyrics
Wendy Bendy Glynne Davies
When she was two she started anew and she joined a contortionist club
With her supple joints, she used to win points, used her feet to give her backbone a rub
She practiced the splits, performed easy back flips, sucked her toe instead of her thumb
It was never any trouble to bend herself double, the career of Wendy Bendy had begun.
Ch.
She loved entertaining, she even liked training, it set her body all of a glow
She never missed an act, that was a fact, bent over backwards to put on a show
Her communication was contortion, her speaking was awful, put her foot in her mouth, so to speak
Her name it was Wendy, she is ever so bendy, they called her Wendy Bendy the freak.
Discovered at eight at the rose queenie fate, had trophies that covered the shelf
She’d do all the ticks to famous guitar licks, so supple she discovered herself
She was always on show and boy could she go, ask her boyfriends the ones that survived
Her engagements were short, the boys she’d contort, leave them trembling and barely alive
She loved entertaining ..
She became a beauty , her black hair touched her booty, flowing all down off her back
But her act became stale and she began to fail, she seemed to be losing her knack
Her act was the same, perhaps it was tame, her audience started to throw food
So she spiced up her act, and started to attract , by doing her show in the nude
She loved entertaining ..
But contortion soon brought on the arthritis, and the pain and the fame got too much
There wasn't much call for a non contorting contortionist, especially one with a crutch
Sadly Wendy stopped Bending, it’s nearly the ending and passed away only last week
She once was so trendy but now it’s the endy of Wendy Bendy the freak.
She loved entertaining ..
