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Thread #859   Message #2324279
Posted By: Azizi
24-Apr-08 - 10:17 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Dinky Di (Australian WWI song)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dinky Di (Australian WWI song)
http://www.everypoet.org/pffa/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4777 Poetry Free For All has a page about parodies of the song of "Mademoiselle from Armentieres". Here's one comment:

"The phrase "inky pinky parlez vous" is from a song. I don't know what the original song was, but I know a version which did the rounds when I was at school: -

There was an old lady of 92
Parlez vous
There was an old lady of 92
Parlez vous
There was an old lady of 92
Did a fart and away it flew
Inky pinky parlez vous

The fart went rolling down the street
Parlez vous
The fart went rolling down the street
Parlez vous
The fart went rolling down the street
Knocked a copper off his feet
Inky pinky parlez vous

The copper got out his rusty whistle
Parlez vous
The copper got out his rusty whistle
Parlez vous
The copper got out his rusty whistle
Blew the fart from here to Bristol
Inky pinky parlez vous

Bristol Rovers were playing at home
Parlez vous
Bristol Rovers were playing at home
Parlez vous
Bristol Rovers were playing at home
Kicked the fart from here to Rome
Inky pinky parlez vous

The Emperor of Rome was having his dinner
Parlez vous
The Emperor of Rome was having his dinner
Parlez vous
The Emperor of Rome was having his dinner
Swallowed the fart, which made him thinner
Inky pinky parlez vous

I think there's more, but that's all I can remember.

Google shows a number of different versions of this song. Here's a link to my search results: -
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...nky+parlez+vous "
-Clive2 07-13-2002, 06:22 AM

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[Note: that link just takes you to Google's search page; I'll post another comment from that site in my next post to this thread]