The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #40606   Message #585054
Posted By: Joe_F
02-Nov-01 - 06:41 PM
Thread Name: Double Entendre Anyone?
Subject: RE: Double Entendre Anyone?
I've gone many a mile in this old car,
And I hope I get many more,
All because little Maggie
Sees that it's well cared for.
Now, the spark plugs spark, the carburetor carbs,
The pistons do what they're supposed to do,
Ooh, little Maggie keeps it lubricated all the time.

If anything should get out of kilter,
Here's how to make it go away:
Reach down and give a little jiggle --
Everything will be O.K.
Now, the spark plugs spark,...

-- Pete Seeger

One might also recall the vaudeville song

She has freckles on her but she is nice.
When I hold her in my arms, it's paradise....

Elsa Lanchester was the grand mistress of the double entendre. She has a song ostensibly deprecating vacuum cleaners with the lines "If you can't get in the corners, you might as well give in" & "All you need is a bit of spit, your finger and a rag". On the same record (Tradition 2065) one may hear "Linda and Her Londonderry Air", "The Husband's Clock", and "Lola's Saucepan". Sometimes, however, the entendre is not at all double:

For a lady with a piazza
Has a place in which to sit,
And people know a piazza
Has a house attached to it.

Enjoy.