"Allan Francis Smethurst (19 November 1927 \u2013 24 December 2000), aka The Singing Postman was an English folk singer and postman. He is best known for his self-penned novelty song, \"Hev Yew Gotta Loight, Boy?\", which earned him an Ivor Novello Award in 1966, and \"A Miss from Diss\"."@en . "solo_singer" . "1927-11-19Z"^^ . . "Smethurst, Allan"@en . "2000-12-24Z"^^ . . "Allan Smethurst"@en . . "Allan Francis Smethurst"@en . "The Singing Postman"@en . "Postman, The Singing"@en . "1927Z"^^ . . "English postman and singer" . . "1960Z"^^ . . "2000Z"^^ . "1970Z"^^ .