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Thread #9770 Message #4213164
Posted By: and e
08-Dec-24 - 10:22 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Little Ball of Yarn
Subject: RE: Origins: Little Ball of Yarn
I'm A Gentleman Of Leisure, Of Nobility, And Pleasure
CHORUS: Ball of yarn, ball of yarn, I've a mind to spin your little ball of yarn, Ball of yarn, ball of yarn, I've a mind to spin your little ball of yarn.
I'm a gentleman of leisure, of nobility and pleasure, With manners of the manor and the morals of the barn, And when I met a lady in the forest green and shady, I asked if I could spin her ball of yarn.
She gave her kind consent and behind the bush we went, And I said: "My dear, there's no cause for alarm." So I laid her on the ground and with expertise so sound, I went on to spin her little ball of yarn.
It was nine months after that in my manor where I sat, I saw a figure coming past the barn, And a big man with a truncheon quite disturbed my Sunday luncheon, was father of a little ball of yarn.