I’d completely forgotten about this lyric. I’m sure NewsRevue didn’t use it but it certainly has party piece potential – especially as the tune, Guantanamera, is in my baritone-uke repertoire.
I especially like the spoken bit, emulating Pete Seeger’s delivery.
GRUNGE CLOBBER WEARER
(A Song with singalong potential to the Tune of Guantanamera”)
INTRO
Grunge clobber wearer, she is a grunge clobber wearer,
Grunge clobber wearer, she is a grunge clobber wearer.
VERSE 1
She wears an old green sombrero,
She bought for three quid at Oxfam,
It don’t match her blue bolero,
And she’s a bright yellow socks fan.
None of her gear ever matches
She’s a thing of shreds and patches.
Grunge clobber wearer, she is a grunge clobber wearer,
Grunge clobber wearer, she is a grunge clobber wearer.
VERSE 2
She dons an old baggy cardie,
And V-neck jumper that mum made,
Mum used to knit clothes so hardy,
That they would last several decades.
She decks her bright baggy flare-as,
Or loon pants under her hipsters.
Grunge clobber wearer, she is a grunge clobber wearer,
Grunge clobber wearer, she is a grunge clobber wearer.
SPOKEN BIT
The words mean:
She is much poorer now and can’t afford designer clothing any more,
But she is not crying, because she can now wear old tat and call it fashion.
Her cut outs are soft green. Her cut outs are also flaming crimson.
Her cut outs resemble the output of an old age home occupational therapy unit.
The last verse says: “This fashion is insincerer”:
With the poor people of this earth she wishes to share her fashion statement.
But once she’s making pots of money again, she’ll go back into the boutiques.
OUTRO
Sing along now: Grunge clobber wearer, she is a grunge clobber wearer,
Grunge clobber wearer, she is a grunge clobber wearer.
(Once more: Grunge clobber wearer, she is a grunge clobber wearer,
Grunge clobber wearer, she is a grunge clobber wearer.)
Here is Pete Seeger giving it his all in a grunge clobber wearer shirt: