Pepys' Diary (song)

Pepys' Diary (song)

Infobox Song
Name = Pepys' Diary


Caption =
Artist = Benny Hill
Album =
Released = 1961
Genre = Pop
Length = 3:11
Composer = Benny Hill
Label = Pye
Producer = Tony Hatch

"Pepys' Diary" is a comic song written and performed by Benny Hill. Written to spoof a then-current TV series about the diarist Samuel Pepys starring Peter Sallis, it was one of Hill's favourites amongst his compositions. Hill subsequently recorded it several times for his long-running TV show.

The song has a suitably restoration-style arrangement with harpsichord and woodwind. It begins with the verse :

"A shy young maid has took a room down at the village inn"
"Her bedside light is oh-so-bright and the curtains oh-so-thin"
"She enters the room at nine o'clock, at half-past nine she sleeps"
"Lord Clarendon walks quickly on, but naughty Samuel peeps"

Hill then goes on to recount various innuendo-laden adventures of Samuel Pepys, insisting "Yes, we know it's right / It's in black and white / And it's all written down in his diary""

The song appeared as the B-side of Hill's top-30 hit "Gather In The Mushrooms"

References

*Lewisohn, Mark : "Funny Peculiar - The True Story of Benny Hill", Pan 2003, ISBN 0-330-39340-5


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