The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #102055   Message #2099739
Posted By: GUEST,celtaddict at the library
11-Jul-07 - 09:36 AM
Thread Name: Folklore: Play Ground Hand Jives
Subject: RE: Folklore: Play Ground Hand Jives
In Oklahoma in the 1950s it was

There's a place in France
Where the alligators dance
And the dance they do
Was invented by a Jew
And the Jew wouldn't dance
So they kicked him in the pants
And the pants he wore
Cost a dollar ninety-four
Plus tax.

And

Nobody loves me, everybody hates me,
Think I'll go eat worms.
Great big slimy ones, short fat juicy ones,
See how they wiggle and squirm.
Bite their heads off, suck their guts out,
Throw the skins away.
Nobody knows how a man can thrive on
Worms three times a day.