History Music / TheWurzels

* BirdPoopGag: One of the reasons why the narrator of "The Blackbird" has it in for said bird is that he pooped on his laundry while was on the washing line.

The Wurzels are an English "Scrumpy & Western" band [[note]] the genre is actually named after their 1967 EP of that name[[/note]], hailing from Somerset in the UsefulNotes/TheWestCountry. Originally known as Adge Cutler & The Wurzels, they are are best known for their two hit singles in 1976, "The Combine Harvester" (which got to number one in the charts) and "I Am a Cider Drinker" (number three). Their songs, often pastiches of songs from the folk, pop and rock genres, are characterised by many references to farming and cider (especially scrumpy, the strong and cloudy variant), sung with a strong West Country accent while playing up to various regional stereotypes. To this day they retain a strong following in the south-west of England, with people from other parts of the country tending to regard them as something of a novelty act that was briefly big in TheSeventies.

** "The Combine Harvester" and "I Am a Cider Drinker", their big hits in 1976 (which respectively got to numbers one and three in the charts) were re-released as a double A-side in 1980. In 2001, a remixed version of "The Combine Harvester" got to 39 in the charts.

->''"I am a cider drinker, I drinks it all of the day."''

Sweet and pure but I wern't sure that young maid were willin'.\\

But on me vest and underpants, he scored a direct hit!

* ShotgunWedding: The narrator of "Twice Daily" is forced into one of these after he gets his girlfriend pregnant. In a rather sweet twist on this trope genre, the final chorus reveals that they had several more children and remain happily married (and sexually active) in their old age.

* ExplicitContent: "Twice Daily", the B-side of the band's 1967 hit "Drink Up Thy Zyder", was deemed too raunchy to be played on Creator/TheBBC. It tells the story of a farm labourer who begins a sexual relationship with a female co-worker, resulting in her getting pregnant and a ShotgunWedding being arranged by her father.

* AffectionateParody: Many of their songs are this, notably "The Combine Harvester" [[note]] to Melanie Safka's "Brand New Key"[[/note]], "I Am a Cider Drinker" [[note]] to the George Baker Selection's "Paloma Blanca"[[/note]] and "Farmer Bill's Cowman" [[note]] to Whistling Jack Smith's "I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman"[[/note]]. This has extended into some of their album titles as well, notably ''Never Mind the Bullocks, 'Ere's the Wurzels'' [[note]] to ''Music/NeverMindTheBollocksHeresTheSexPistols''[[/note]] and ''Top of the Crops'' [[note]] to ''Series/TopOfThePops''[[/note]].

* GenreShift: Occured after founder and lead singer Adge Cutler died in a car crash in 1974. Prior to that, Adge had been the band's frontman (reflected in the original name, Adge Cutler & The Wurzels) and had written most of their songs. Subsequently, the band -- now simply called The Wurzels -- concentrated more on parodies of pre-existing hit songs.

* ShotgunWedding: The narrator of "Twice Daily" is forced into one of these after he gets his girlfriend pregnant. In a rather sweet twist on the genre, the final chorus reveals that they had several more children and remain happily married (and sexually active) in their old age.

* AffectionateParody: Many of their songs are this, notably "The Combine Harvester" [[note]] to Melanie Safka's "Brand New Key"[[/note]], "I Am a Cider Drinker" [[note]] to the George Baker Selection's "Paloma Blanca"[[/note]] and "Farmer Bill's Cowman" [[note]] to Whistling Jack Smith's "I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman"[[/note]]. This has extended into some of their album titles as well, notably ''Never Mind the Bullocks 'Ere's the Wurzels'' [[note]] to ''Music/NeverMindTheBollocksHeresTheSexPistols''[[/note]] and ''Top of the Crops'' [[note]] to ''Series/TopOfThePops''[[/note]].

* AffectionateParody: Many of their songs are this, notably "The Combine Harvester" [[note]] to Melanie Safka's "Brand New Key"[[/note]], "I Am a Cider Drinker" [[note]] to the George Baker Selection's "Paloma Blanca"[[/note]] and "Farmer Bill's Cowman" [[to Whistling Jack Smith's "I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman"[[/note]]. This has extended into some of their album titles as well, notably ''Never Mind the Bullocks 'Ere's the Wurzels'' [[note]] to ''Music/NeverMindTheBollocksHeresTheSexPistols''[[/note]] and ''Top of the Crops'' [[note]] to ''Series/TopOfThePops''[[/note]].

* AffectionateParody: Many of their songs are this, notably "The Combine Harvester", "I Am a Cider Drinker" and "Farmer Bill's Cowman". This has extended into some of their album titles as well, notably ''Never Mind the Bullocks 'Ere's the Wurzels'' and ''Top of the Crops''.

* StageName: Bassist Sedge Moore's real name is Russ Crook; the stage name is a [[PunnyName punning]] reference to Sedgemoor in Somerset.

But on me vest and underpants, he scored a direct hit!\\

* FarmersDaughter: These do tend to crop up, notably Lucy Bailey in "Twice Daily".

* DoubleEntendre: Frequently. "Theshing Machine" is perhaps the most blatant example.

The Wurzels are an English "Scrumpy & Western" band [[note]] the genre is actually named after their 1967 EP of that name[[/note]], hailing from Somerset in the UsefulNotes/TheWestCountry. Originally known as Adge Cutler and the Wurzels, they are are best known for their two hit singles in 1976, "The Combine Harvester" (which got to number one in the charts) and "I Am a Cider Drinker" (number three). Their songs, often pastiches of songs from the folk, pop and rock genres, are characterised by many references to farming and cider, sung with a strong West Country accent while playing up to various regional stereotypes. To this day they retain a strong following in the south-west of England, with people from other parts of the country tending to regard them as something of a novelty act that was briefly big in TheSeventies.

* Russ Crook, a.k.a. Sedge Moor - bass (2007-present)
* John "Amos" Morgan - drums (1974-2021)

* AffectionateParody: Many of their songs are this, notably "The Combine Harvester", "I Am a Cider Drinker" and "Farmer Bill's Cowman". This has extended into some of their album titles as well, notably ''Never Mind the Bullocks, 'Ere's the Wurzels'' and ''Top of the Crops''.

* GenreShift: Occured after founder and lead singer Adge Cutler died in a car crash in 1974. Prior to that, Adge had been the band's frontman (reflected in the original name, Adge Cutler and the Wurzels) and had written most of their songs. Subsequently, the band -- now simply called The Wurzels -- concentrated more on parodies of pre-existing hit songs.

* ShotgunWedding: The narrator of "Twice Daily" is forced into one of these after he gets his girlfriend pregnant. In a rather sweet twist on the genre, the final chorus reveals that they had several more children and remain happily married (and sexually active) in their old age.

* ShotgunWedding: The narrator of "Twice Daily" is forced into one of these after he gets his girlfriend pregnant.

The Wurzels are an English "Scrumpy & Western" band [[note]] the genre is actually named after their 1967 EP of that name[[/note]], hailing from Somerset in the UsefulNotes/TheWestCountry. Originally known as Adge Cutler and the Wurzels, they are are best known for their two hit singles in 1976, "The Combine Harvester" (which got to number one in the charts) and "I Am a Cider Drinker" (number three). Their songs, often pastiches of songs from the folk, pop and rock genres, are characterised by many references to farming and cider, sung with a strong West Country accent while playing up to various regional stereotypes. To this day they retain a strong following in the south-west of England, with people from other parts of the country tending to regard them as something of a novelty act.

So don't blame I, blame 'ee!"

-->''Young Sarah Jones one day, got in the family way//
Her father come with a girt big gun, said, "Ee, you'll have to pay!"//
He chased I up a tree, I hollered, "Leave I be!//
I happen to know 'twere old Fred Snow//
So don't blame I, blame 'ee!"//

* AffectionateParody: Many of their songs are this, notably "The Combine Harvester", "I Am a Cider Drinker" and "Farmer Bill's Cowman". This has extended into some of their album titles as well, notably ''Never Mind the Bullocks, 'Ere's the Wurzels''.

The Wurzels are an English "Scrumpy & Western" band [[note]] the genre is actually named after their 1967 EP of that name[[/note]], hailing from Somerset in the UsefulNotes/TheWestCountry. They are are best known for their two hit singles in 1976, "The Combine Harvester" (which got to number one in the charts) and "I Am a Cider Drinker" (number three). Their songs, often pastiches of songs from the folk, pop and rock genres, are characterised by many references to farming and cider, sung with a strong West Country accent while playing up to various regional stereotypes. To this day they retain a strong following in the south-west of England, with people from other parts of the country tending to regard them as something of a novelty act.

** What few people realise is that "The Combine Harvester" is actually a cover of a song by Irish comedian Brendan O'Shaughnessy, who had a number one hit with it in Ireland in 1975, the year before it became the Wurzels' only number one hit in Britain. And O'Shaughnessy wrote it as a rustic-themed parody of Melanie Safka's 1971 hit "Brand New Key".

The Wurzels are an English "Scrumpy & Western" band, hailing from Somerset in the UsefulNotes/TheWestCountry. They are are best known for their two hit singles in 1976, "The Combine Harvester" (which got to number one in the charts) and "I Am a Cider Drinker" (number three). Their songs, often pastiches of songs from the folk, pop and rock genres, are characterised by many references to farming and cider, sung with a strong West Country accent while playing up to various regional stereotypes. To this day they retain a strong following in the south-west of England, with people from other parts of the country tending to regard them as something of a novelty act.