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Thread #140097 Message #4110147
Posted By: Steve Gardham
14-Jun-21 - 01:51 PM
Thread Name: Origins: I'm not in the navy, a sailor boy I sit
Subject: RE: Origins: I'm not in the navy, a sailor boy I sit
If it helps these songs are generally referred to as 'teasing' songs. However, the asterisks and bleeps intrigue me. All of the British teasing songs I know do not have a break for a bleep or asterisks, the substitute word that starts off the next line simply takes the place of the rude word. a la;
There was an old farmer who sat on a rick ranting and raving and waving his Arms to the people who sat on the walls Teaching their children to play with their Bow strings and kite strings as in days of yore When along came a lady who looked like a decent young lady who walked like a duck She said she'd invented a new way to Educate children to read and to write While the parents in the farmyard were shovelling Refuse from the back garden round to the front While the maids in the tavern plucked hairs from their Pullovers and jumpers ...... (No pauses)