'Don't dig there, dig it elsewhere, you're digging it round, and it ought to be square.'

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Always a know it all somewhere. Fab Lew.

Posted by Sylvia Evans on Tue 11 Apr 06:09:42

Lol done so well and fun to see 👀 🙂

Posted by Faye Patrick on Tue 11 Apr 06:18:34

Love it!

Posted by Tessa Gwynne on Tue 11 Apr 06:20:28

Sadly I'm old enough to remember it....great stuff Lew.

Posted by Peter Smith on Tue 11 Apr 06:26:05

Super and very true at the moment ... they dig a hole then fill it and then someone else comes along and digs it up again . And don't get me started on pot holes ...!

Posted by Heather Love on Tue 11 Apr 06:57:08

Just love this one, Lewis!

Posted by David Stevens on Tue 11 Apr 07:03:32

I remember it well. Great depiction of the song

Posted by Martin S Taylor on Tue 11 Apr 07:14:09

Excellent artwork Lew, I too remembered the song. More holes than a sieve on the local roads not to mention the water leaks making more.

Posted by Paul (Dixie) Dean on Tue 11 Apr 07:14:18

I’ll be singing that song all day now….thanks. But it did make an impression….it’s made me wonder…why are potholes called potholes?

Posted by Marjorie Firth on Tue 11 Apr 07:47:40

Smashing Lewis.

Posted by Denise Cat on Tue 11 Apr 07:48:13

Yes there I was! Brilliant take on that old song Lewis. And we have probably all met these wonderful characters somewhere in the past.

Posted by Chris Scott on Tue 11 Apr 07:53:12

pothole (n.) 1826, originally a geological feature in glaciers and gravel beds, from Middle English pot "a deep hole for a mine, or from peat-digging" (late 14c.), now generally obsolete, but preserved in Scotland and northern England dialect… Applied to a hole in a road from 1909.

Posted by Peter Smith on Tue 11 Apr 07:56:11

"And beneath it lies the bloke in the bowler hat... and that's that." Well I remember it and so well illustrated Lew.

Posted by Mark Annison on Tue 11 Apr 08:01:31

Wonderful Quips as always and such great expressions, each one telling a story Lewis.

Posted by Carole Kelly on Tue 11 Apr 08:01:41

Love it!!

Posted by valerie harper on Tue 11 Apr 08:02:45

Bernard Cribbins would be proud!

Posted by Linda Wilson on Tue 11 Apr 08:03:51

In the parlance of the day......I dig it.

Posted by Tony Auffret on Tue 11 Apr 08:06:53

Love it and so true Lew!

Posted by Carole Swingler on Tue 11 Apr 08:13:39

Great depiction of that song Lewis. Remember it well. Would love to see some more drawings of songs like that.

Posted by Christine Rogan on Tue 11 Apr 08:42:24

I'm glad some of you remember the song, although you don't need to be as ancient as me, it pops up on the radio now and then. They did another similar song called 'Right said Fred', I think. Thanks for your great comments, and Peter's explanation of a 'pot-hole.'

Posted by Lewis Cooper on Tue 11 Apr 08:47:01

Don’t remember the song, but great illustration, love the robin.

Posted by Jenny Harris on Tue 11 Apr 09:02:23

Superb Lew, remember it Well. 🙂

Posted by Stephen Hulse on Tue 11 Apr 09:07:23

Superb as always Lewis, sad to say I remember it as well, great song (they don't write them like that any more)

Posted by George Cutter on Tue 11 Apr 09:16:05

Good one Lewis, I too remember the song well, how time flies!

Posted by Russell Edwards on Tue 11 Apr 09:21:47

Remember it well. Great depiction. "Right Said Fred" was great too.

Posted by Andrew Roles on Tue 11 Apr 09:53:06

Spot on. I can practically hear the guy in the ground saying "yer what?"

Posted by Collette Hughes on Tue 11 Apr 10:33:13

Genius strikes again!

Posted by Robert Jones, NAPA on Tue 11 Apr 11:47:07

Love it!

Posted by Petra Palmeri on Tue 11 Apr 12:36:35

😂😂😂😂I remember it….just…..very funny.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Tue 11 Apr 20:50:31

Brilliant drawing Lewis

Posted by Thalia Stones on Wed 12 Apr 04:22:47

I remember that song. Excellent Lewis.

Posted by Val Kenyon on Wed 12 Apr 10:50:42

A brilliant illustration as I sit singing the rest of the song in my head. 🎶

Posted by Spencer Lambeth-Angell on Wed 12 Apr 18:08:51

Hang on Studio Wall

11/04/2023

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We were talking about songs we grew up with, I recalled this...'The hole in the ground.' Lyrics by Myles Rudge, music by Ted Dicks, sung by Bernard Cribbins, it came out in the early 1960s. A great comedy song...the title to this pic is one verse from the song. It's about class, and pompous officialdom wearing bowlers. Mixed media, A3 sketchbook.

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Lewis Cooper

Self taught. Love drawing. Like to make pictures up, without using reference pics, often in cartoon style. I do other pictures where I do use reference. I'm knocking on a bit, born in 1940 in Greenwich, London. Retired, and loving it.

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