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Thread #154338   Message #3621898
Posted By: GUEST,Nancy Nicolson
24-Apr-14 - 07:24 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Cuddle (Against the War) (Nancy Nicolson)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Cuddle (Against the War) (Nancy Nicolson)
I am amazed to find this interest in my wee song. Thanks Alison D for telling me.
Here's the gen:    title:   CUDDLE       (against the War)

Some folk say that only nuclear arms will keep us safe,
others that only conventional arms will keep us safe.
The ONLY arms that will keep us safe are fixed to our shoulders,
and we got them for cuddling with.

A friend reported some years ago that Cuddle was now "in the tradition" as he heard a new version at Sidmouth Folk Festival. It went:   "Piddle, piddle, piddle against the wall.... "

And Newcastle's lovely singer Di Henderson has been known to sing
"..... Escalation could be luck
Start off with a cuddle, end up with a ...... "             ( now what was she going to say!)

Chorus:
                Cuddle, cuddle, cuddle against the war
                Use your arms for cuddlin, that's what arms are for
                Escalation could be bliss
                Start off with a cuddle, end up with a kiss   

                Cuddle a Russian, peasant or Czar
                And he may show you his ... samovar
                They say the Russians answer Niet
                I've never had that answer yet !

                Cuddle a Frenchman from Gay Paree
                Go and sit upon his knee
                Run your fingers through his hair
                And leave the rest to Laissez-faire !

                Cuddle and Injun, do it with verve
                Break down that Brave's reserve
                Get into a big Pow-wow
                I'm sure that he will show you "How !"

                Cuddle Australian, a wizard from Oz   
                Lie on the beach with Santa Claus
                Rub his back with amber oils
                And wait until his Billy boils !

                Cuddle a Scotsman, he's Clydeside built
                Ask what's worn beneath the Kilt
                "There's nothing worn North of the border,
                Ma dear, it's all in working order !"

Nancy Nicolson, mid 1980s,   I seldom sing all the verses, rather select according to the company.                                                                         Below, great wee verse from Paddy Bort of Edinburgh Folk Club, 2013

                Cuddle a German, don't mention the War
                Go for a drive in his German car
                When on the Autobhan you click
                They call it "Vorsprung Durch Tecnik