The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #77963   Message #2143798
Posted By: GUEST
08-Sep-07 - 03:56 AM
Thread Name: Not-So-Good Lines in Songs
Subject: RE: Not-So-Good Lines in Songs
The chorus of "Dumbarton's Drums" is

"Dumbarton's drums, They sound sae bonny
And they remind me o' my Johnny
Such fond delights they steal upon me
When Johnny comes and kisses me."

Presumably followed by a cigarette?

Somebody somewhere decided to change the last line to-

"When Johnny kneels and kisses me."

My question is, where did he kiss her? It might give us a hint if she then had a cigarette!

Eddie