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Jack Horntip Origins: Pretty Polly (Knife in the Window) (86* d) RE: Origins: Pretty Polly (Knife in the Window) 26 May 25


ONE NIGHT IN MAY
(Ballad)

One night in May, as Mary lay a-sleeping,
One night in May, as Mary lay a-sleeping,
Along came a corporal on hands and knees a-creeping,
With his long funny dingle-dangle way down to his knees.

One month went by, and Mary was in clover.
One month went by, and Mary was in clover.
She wished that the corporal would come and do it over,
With his long funny dingle-dangle way down to his knees.

Three months went by, and Mary lay a-weeping.
Three months went by, and Mary lay a-weeping.
She wished that the corporal had never come a-creeping,
With his long funny dingle-dangle way down to his knees.

Six months went by, and Mary grew much bigger.
Six months went by, and Mary grew much bigger.
The neighbors all wondered just who the hell had frigged her,
With his long funny dingle-dangle way down to his knees.

Nine months went by, and Mary burst asunder,
Nine months went by, and Mary burst asunder,
And out jumped a corporal with regimental number,
And a long funny dingle-dangle way down to his knees.

c1943. Unexpurgated. Printed by Bidet Press. p.48.


See here: https://www.horntip.com/html/books_&_MSS/1940s/1943ca_unexpurgated_(PB)/1943ca_unexpurgated__bidet_press.pdf


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