death_date death_place years_active alias birth_place label name background birth_date genre article_title birth_name occupation
24 december 2000 grimsby , lincolnshire , england 1960s -- 1970 the singing postman walshaw , lancashire , england emi allan smethurst solo_singer 19 november 1927 folk , novelty allan smethurst
 allan francis smethurst singer , postman
allan smethurst

allan francis smethurst -lrb- 19 november 1927 -- 24 december 2000 -rrb- , aka the singing postman was an english folk singer and postman .
he is best known for his self-penned novelty song , `` hev yew got ta loight , boy ? ''
, which earned him an ivor novello award in 1966 , and `` a miss from diss '' .
