Robyn Hitchcock Song Catalogue

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Author: Robyn Hitchcock

Released on 5 records:

This Is the BBC, 2006  (CD)  Hux 074
Inflatable Hitchcock, 2000  (CD)  [none listed]
Jewels For Sophia (advance), 1999  (CD)  Warner Brothers 2-47433
Jewels for Sophia, 1999  (CD)  Warner Brothers 9 47433-2
Launch Live '98, 1998  (CD)  Launch


Lyrics:

Roquefort and grueyere and slippery Brie
All of these cheeses they happen to me
Oh please

Rough pecorino and moody Rams Hall
Stop me before I just swallow it all
Oh please

Somebody ring the cheese alarm
Oh please
Somebody ring the cheese alarm

Goats' cheese cylinder, tangy and white
Roll over me in the flickering night
Oh please

Chaume and Jarlsberg, applewood smoked
"The pleasure is mine," he obligingly joked
Oh please

Somebody ring the cheese alarm
Oh please
Somebody ring the cheese alarm

Hey now, Fletcher, don't keep me up late
I can't even fit into size thirty-eights
Oh please

Juddering Stilton with your blue-blooded veins
You can't build a palace without any drains
Oh please
Oh please
Oh please

Half the world starving and half the world bloats
Half the world sits on the other and gloats
Oh please

Truckle of cheddar in a muslin rind
Would you give it all up for some real peace of mind?
Oh no.


No guitar tab entered.


Known to have been played live at 77 gigs:

Robyn Hitchcock:
12 Bar Club (London, England UK), 7/23/1997 with Andy Metcalfe & Tim Keegan (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: 12 Bar Club (London, England UK), 7/30/1997 with Morris Windsor and the Dear Janes (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Robyn at Sea (Isle of Wight, England UK), 8/16/1997 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Two Bells (Seattle, Washington US), 8/31/1997 with Scott McCaughney & Kurt Bloch (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Largo (West Hollywood, California US), 11/14/1997 with Andy Metcalfe, Jon Brion, Ethan James (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Largo (West Hollywood, California US), 11/15/1997 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Boat Race (Cambridge, England UK), 12/4/1997 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Princess Charlotte (Leicester, England UK), 12/6/1997 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Mean Fiddler (London, England UK), 12/9/1997 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: 12 Bar Club (London, England UK), 2/3/1998 with Kimberley Rew (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Great American Music Hall (San Francisco, California US), 4/29/1998 with Deni Bonet (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Bottom Line (New York, New York US), 6/12/1998 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: The Ram's Head (Annapolis, Maryland US), 6/13/1998 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Largo (West Hollywood, California US), 6/20/1998 with Jon Brion (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Aladdin Theater (Portland, Oregon US), 6/25/1998 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Crocodile Cafe (Seattle, Washington US), 6/26/1998 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Mercury Lounge (New York, New York US), 11/20/1998 with Deni Bonet and Terry Edwards (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Bloom (Milano, Italy), 2/13/1999 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Largo (West Hollywood, California US), 4/2/1999 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Largo (West Hollywood, California US), 6/18/1999 guesting with Jon Brion & co. (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Hotel du Nord (Paris, France), 6/27/1999 with Peter Blegvad and Syd Straw (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Hotel du Nord (Paris, France), 6/28/1999 with Peter Blegvad and Syd Straw (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: WXRT (Chicago, Illinois US), 7/20/1999 and Wayne Coyne (Flaming Lips) (Radio)
Robyn Hitchcock: Showbox (Seattle, Washington US), 7/23/1999 Tim Keegan (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: The Palace (Hollywood, California US), 8/1/1999 Tim Keegan (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Rhino Records (Los Angeles, California US), 8/1/1999 Tim Keegan (In-Store)
Robyn Hitchcock: Ogden Theater (Boulder, Colorado US), 8/3/1999 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Stubb's Bar B Q (Austin, Texas US), 8/7/1999 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: New Daisy Theater (Memphis, Tennessee US), 8/10/1999 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Masquerade (Atlanta, Georgia US), 8/11/1999 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: 9:30 Club (Washington, DC US), 8/13/1999 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Tramps (New York, New York US), 8/17/1999 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Agora Theatre (Cleveland, Ohio US), 8/22/1999 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Bumbershoot Festival (Seattle, Washington US), 9/6/1999 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Stables (Wavendon, England UK), 9/21/1999 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Dingwall's (London, England UK), 9/22/1999 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Winchester Arts Centre (Winchester, England UK), 9/24/1999 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Portland Arms (Cambridge, England UK), 9/27/1999 with Kimberley Rew, Terry Edwards (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: The Zodiac (Oxford, England UK), 9/28/1999 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: G2 (Glasgow, Scotland UK), 9/30/1999 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock's ROCK ARMADA: Cactus Café (Austin, Texas US), 10/23/1999 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock's ROCK ARMADA: Cactus Café (Austin, Texas US), 10/23/1999 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock's ROCK ARMADA: Cactus Café (Austin, Texas US), 10/24/1999 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock's ROCK ARMADA: Echo Lounge (Atlanta, Georgia US), 10/25/1999 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock's ROCK ARMADA: Cat's Cradle (Carrboro, North Carolina US), 10/26/1999 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock's ROCK ARMADA: Fletcher's (Baltimore, Maryland US), 10/27/1999 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock's ROCK ARMADA: Upstage (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania US), 10/29/1999 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock's ROCK ARMADA: The Paradise (Boston, Massachusetts US), 10/30/1999 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock's ROCK ARMADA: Iron Horse (Northampton, Massachusetts US), 10/31/1999 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock's ROCK ARMADA: The Bowery Ballroom (New York, New York US), 11/1/1999 (Concert) [enter Lindsay]
Robyn Hitchcock's ROCK ARMADA: Rosebud (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania US), 11/5/1999 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock's ROCK ARMADA: Magic Bag (Ferndale, Michigan US), 11/6/1999 (Concert) add Kimberley
Robyn Hitchcock's ROCK ARMADA: Top Cat's (Cincinnati, Ohio US), 11/7/1999 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock's ROCK ARMADA: Cabaret Metro (Chicago, Illinois US), 11/10/1999 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock's ROCK ARMADA: 1st Avenue (Minneapolis, Minnesota US), 11/11/1999 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock's ROCK ARMADA: Crocodile Café (Seattle, Washington US), 11/16/1999 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock's ROCK ARMADA: Aladdin Theatre (Portland, Oregon US), 11/17/1999 (Concert) add Lindsay and Kimberley
Robyn Hitchcock's ROCK ARMADA: Great American Music Hall (San Francisco, California US), 11/19/1999 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock's ROCK ARMADA: The Troubadour (Los Angeles, California US), 11/20/1999 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock's ROCK ARMADA: KCRW (Santa Monica, California US), 11/22/1999 (Radio)
Robyn Hitchcock: WXPN studios (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania US), 11/23/1999 (Radio)
Robyn Hitchcock: Circolo Renfe (Ferrara, Italy), 1/21/2000 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Ronnie Scott's (London, England UK), 1/30/2000 Kimberley Rew, Tim Keegan, Jake Kyle, Patch Hannon (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Fleece and Firkin (Bristol, England UK), 1/31/2000 Kimberley Rew, Tim Keegan, Jake Kyle, Patch Hannon (Concert) enter Patch Hannon & K. Rew
Robyn Hitchcock: Highbury Garage (London, England UK), 2/1/2000 Kimberley Rew, Tim Keegan, Jake Kyle, Patch Hannon (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: The Point (Oxford, England UK), 11/17/2000 and friend (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: The Underworld (Camden, England UK), 11/18/2000 and friend(s) (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Assembly Rooms (Edinburgh, Scotland UK), 8/3/2001 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Dancebase (National Center for Dance), Grassmarket (Edinburgh, Scotland UK), 8/22/2001 (Radio)
Robyn Hitchcock: West End Cultural Centre (Winnipeg, Canada), 7/30/2002 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Assembly Rooms - The Edinburgh Suite (Edinburgh, Scotland UK), 8/12/2002 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Largo (West Hollywood, California US), 4/24/2004 Jon Brion (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Polish Club (Sheffield, England UK), 10/5/2004 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Sin-e (New York, New York US), 10/27/2004 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Shank Hall (Milwaukee, Wisconsin US), 11/5/2004 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Scranton Cultural Center (Scranton, Pennsylvania US), 11/11/2004 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: World Café Live (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania US), 11/15/2004 (Concert)

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