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Thread #153739 Message #3602408
Posted By: GUEST
17-Feb-14 - 08:00 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: You dirty little nipper . . .
Subject: Lyr Req: You dirty little nipper . . .
For years I have found words, melodies, chords, histories, tales, songs, origins of the aforementioned etc., for people. Now I need your help.
I always loved songs that either had a snap or a purpose. So, here is my question.
I recall a song from my youth--I grew up in a less-than-enviable district in one of the tougher cities on this planet--that went as follows:
"Oh you dirty little nipper does your mother know you're out
With your hands in your pockets and your pork sticking out . . .
It was sung by a chorus of 12-year-olds to the tune of Continental Soldier, but it was a different set of words. Most of our granddads or dads had either come back from the war (WWII) or not. Mine did--I was lucky.
Does anyone know the rest of that two-liner?
Thank you for any help you might offer.