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Thread #103975 Message #2125882
Posted By: GUEST
15-Aug-07 - 06:36 AM
Thread Name: Arabic & African names in English songs & stories
Subject: RE: Arabic & African names in English songs & stor
I've just found myself humming a song my mother used to sing:
"I've a little black dolly named Topsy Who doesn't like sleeping alone, For she is afraid of white bogeys, Though I'm perfectly sure there are none..."
Sickly late Victorian stuff indeed. I suppose the name is from Uncle Tom's cabin.