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Thread #172182   Message #4166810
Posted By: and e
03-Mar-23 - 07:53 PM
Thread Name: Origins: The Dying Harlot (Charlotte the Harlot)
Subject: RE: Origins: The Dying Harlot (Charlotte the Harlot)
A recording of Les Cleveland singing the song can be found on youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_80pBlIKcc

A DRUNKEN OLD HARLOT LAY DYING

Oh, a dirty old harlot lay dying
A pisspot supporting her head
The bees and the flies were all buzzing
And these are the words that she said

I've been fucked by the English, the Irish,
The Yanks and the Maori boys too
Now that I'm in Kapacura [sp?]
I'm fucked by a bastard like you

So he pull out his greasy olf foreskin
He gave her the weight of his nuts
He rested his gob on her head-lamps
He played home sweet home on her guts

He says this was sung during in the New Zealand and Australian Armies during WWII and that the tune is a variant of "The Tarpaulin Jacket"