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Thread #4518   Message #431691
Posted By: toadfrog
02-Apr-01 - 10:43 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Do ye ken John Peel?
Subject: RE: Do ye ken John Peel?
Actually, the commonly known "John Peel" is a parody of an old song Belle Stuart used to sing:

Do ye ken John Peel, aye I ken him a fu' weel.
Sleeps wi' his wife and he cannae get a feel.
Sleeps on his side and he cannae get a ride,
And he rises with a horn in the morning.