The Wombles

                The Wombling Song

                  Underground, overground, wombling free,
                  The Wombles of Wimbledon Common are we.
                  Making good use of the things that we find,
                  Things that the everyday folks leave behind.

                  Uncle Bulgaria,
                  He can remember the days when he wasn't behind The Times,
                  With his map of the world.
                  Pick up the papers and take them to Tobermory!

                  Wombles are organized, work as a team.
                  Wombles are tidy and Wombles are clean.
                  Underground, overground, wombling free,
                  The Wombles of Wimbledon Common are we!

Wimbledon Wombles
Name German Name
Great Uncle Bulgaria the Wombles' leadersnowy white fur, wears a tartan shawl and glasses and usually is carrying a copy of the mornings Times
Tobermory an engineer and handymanwears a bowler hat and leather tool vestGlasgow
Orinoco a shirker who loved sleep and foodwears a floppy red hat and scarf
Bungo over-enthusiastic and bossya twill cap in the 1970's a golf cap backwards 1990's Togo
Tomsk athletic Womblewears a white tank top with red trimTomski
Wellington scientifically inclinedwears a school cap and glasses
Madame Cholet a cookwears a mob cap and an apronMdm Nancy
Cousin Cairngorm Leader of one of the Clans of Scotlandalso known as Mc Womble the Terrible
Alderney Madame Cholet's assistantyellow pigtails, wears a striped shirt and sea shell necklace Jersey
Shansi often paired with Alderneywears a pink jacket with mandarin collar
Miss Adelaide schoolmistress at the Womblegarten
Stepney East-ender (from Thames Burrow) dark fur and short dreadlocks Kingston
Other Wombles
Cairns
Chairman Womble Wong Leader of the Chinese Wombles
Chieftan Fashven
Cousin Botany from Australia
Cousin Tokyo
Cousin Yellowstone Boston Womble, Senior sailed to America where he discovered that there were more Wombles in the rest of the world.
Cousin One Tibetan Womble
Cousin Two Tibetan Womble
Cousin Three Tibetan Womble
Cousin Four Tibetan Womble
Culvain MacWomble
Dalai Gartok Tibetan Womble
Eucla
Great Aunt M. Murrumbidgee
Great-great-great Uncle Hohenzollern
Idaho
Nanking
Ness the Water Womble live in Loch Ness She and her children are specially adapted for the water
Obidos Brazilian Womble wears a poncho and plays pan pipes Santiago
Omsk
Perth
Quetta East Indian Womble mentioned by Cousin Yellowstone
Yeti-Womble

Wombling Free (feature-length live-action movie, 1977)
David Tomlinson Roland Frogmorton
Frances de la Tour Julia Frogmorton
Bonnie Langford Felicity 'Kim' Frogmorton
Bernard Spear Arnold Takahashi
Yasuko Nagazumi Doris Takahashi
John Junkin County Surveyor
Reg Lye Assistant Surveyor
Kenny Baker Bungo
Eileen Baker Wombles
Sadie Corre
Tony Friel
Brian Jones
John Lummiss
Jack Purvis
Albert Wilkinson
Marcus Powell
David Jason voices
Janet Brown
Jon Pertwee
John Graham
Lionel Jeffries

Wombles Discography
LPs
TITLE YEAR CHART CAT. NO.
Wombling Songs 1973 19 CBS 65803
Remember You're A Womble 1974 18 CBS 80191
Keep On Wombling1974 17 CBS 80526
Superwombling 1975 CBS 80997
The Best Of The Wombles 1976
Wombling Free - Original Soundtrack1978 CBS 70155
The Wombles Christmas Party1978
The Best of The Wombles - 20 Wombling Greats1979 29
The Wombles Christmas Album1983
Wombling Hits 1989
The Best Wombling Album So Far 1998 26
Singles
The Wombling Song
Wombles Everywhere
19744CBS 1794
Remember You're A Womble
Bungo's Birthday
1974 3CBS 2241
Banana Rock
The Womble Square Dance
19749CBS 2465
Wombling Summer Party
Wimbledon Sunset
1974
Minuetto Allegretto
Womble Burrow Boogie
197416CBS 2710
Remember You're A Womble
Wellington Womble (reissue)
1974
Wombling Merry Christmas
Madame Cholet
19742CBS 2842
Wombling White Tie And Tails
The Wombling Twist
197522CBS 3266
Superwomble
The Orinico Kid
197520CBS 3480
Let's Womble To The Party Tonight
Down At The Barber Shop
197534 CBS 3794
The Womble Shuffle
To Wimbledon With Love
1976
Rainmaker
Wombling in the Rain
1976CBS 4604
CDs
Underground, Overground - The Ultimate Wombles Collection 1997
The Best Wombles Album So Far 199822
The Wombles Collection2000
The Very Best Of The Wombles2005
CD singles
Remember You're A Womble
Remember You're A Womble(Dance Mix)
199813 Columbia CD 665620 2
The Wombling Song
The Orinoco Kid
199827Sony CD 666041 2
I Wish It Could Be A Wombling Merry Christmas Every Day
(with Roy Wood)
2000 22

Wombles Musicians
Mike BattChris Spedding Les HurdleClem CattiniSimon Chandler-Honnor
Paul Peabody Rex MorrisJack RothsteinEddie MordueRobin Le Mesurier

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