Did I run out of ideas? Did it start raining?
We’ll never know.
Anyway, here is the fragment, which (perhaps mercifully) tails off at the Denis Howell bit…
…perhaps reminiscing about the 1976 Minister For Drought was a dead end.
DROUGHT
(To the Tune of “Shout”, For Soloist and {Chorus})
We-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-ll
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FIRST BIT
You know there’s gonna be a drought, {drought}, Hear the pipes-a thumping, {drought}
There’s no water pumping, {drought}, Put your hose back, {drought},
Come on now{drought}
Go and pay your water bill,{drought}
Yeh pay for every pint,{drought}
yeh yeh yeh yeh yeh{drought}
Pay your bill{pay your bill}
On the meter these days{pay your bill}
Come on come on{pay your bill}
Take one bath in three days{pay your bill}
SECOND BIT
Come on now, {drought},
Don’t hose your garden, {save}, Don’t drink the water, {save},
Don’t wash your bottom, {save}, You shouldn’t oughta, {save},
Go thirsty{drought}
Go thirsty{drought}
Go thirsty{drought}
THIRD BIT
I still remember, {shoo-bee-doo-wop}, when we had a drought years ago, {shoo-bee-doo-wop},
We had a minister, {shoo-bee-doo-wop}, by the name of Dennis Howell, {shoo-bee-doo-wop},
Here is little Lulu and the Luvvers singing “Shout”: