Big Dipper
Jethro Tull * Track #7 On Too Old to Rock ‘n’ Roll: Too Young to Die!
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Big Dipper by Jethro Tull
Release Date
Performed by
Jethro TullProduced by
Ian AndersonWrited by
Ian AndersonAbout
Crestfallen from the last night’s failed tryst, Ray Lomas begins to reminisce about his glory days in old Blackpool, where the local girls lined up to ride his “Big Dipper”. Like the name of the roller coaster ride that inspired it, the name of the song is a pun, albeit a far naughtier one.
Big Dipper Lyrics
The mist rolls off the beaches, the train rolls into the station
Weekend happiness seekers, pent-up saturation
Well, we don't mean anyone any harm, we weren't on the Glasgow train
I see you at the Pleasure Beach, roller-coasting heroes
Big Dipper riding
We'll give the local lads a hiding
If they keep us from the ladies
Hanging out in the penny arcades
Shaking up the Tower Ballroom
Throwing up in the bathroom
Landlady's in the backroom
Oh well, I'm the Big Dipper it's the weekend
Big Dipper it's the weekend rage
Rich widowed landlady give me your spare front door key
If you're thirty-nine or over, I'll make love to you next Thursday
Oh well, I may stay over for a week or two, drop a postcard to my mum
I'll see you on the waltzer, we'll go big-dipping daily
Big Dipper riding
Oh, we'll give the local lads a hiding
If they keep us from the ladies
Hanging out in the penny arcades
Shaking up the Tower Ballroom
Throwing up in the bathroom
Landlady's in the backroom
Oh, well, I'm the Big Dipper it's the weekend
Big Dipper it's the weekend
Big Dipper it's the weekend rage
Big Dipper Q&A
Who wrote Big Dipper's ?
Big Dipper was written by Ian Anderson.
Who produced Big Dipper's ?
Big Dipper was produced by Ian Anderson.
When did Jethro Tull release Big Dipper?
Jethro Tull released Big Dipper on Fri Apr 23 1976.