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DerMann Lyr Req: Several Music Hall and WWI Songs (37) RE: Lyr Req: Several Music Hall and WWI Songs 13 Aug 06


I have a couple more that need translation:

"Jay"

Example:
I shall never forget, on the day I got wed
Well, there's only yer 'umble to blame!
Matilda insisted on washing me shirt and I've only one shirt to me name.
She sent it along and when I put it on I discovered that I was a Jay,
She'd starched it all over from bottom to top
So I wrote 'er a letter to say . . .

"raging Main"

Example:
Ah, don't do it again, Matilda,
Never you do it again!
You've done it now twice an' number three
You'll find it unlucky - just take it from me!
Don't throw that under your nose,
But swallow the raging Main!
Drink up all the lot,
When you get to the bot'
Then never come up again!


Many thanks for the quick responses.

As a note, I have looked on a Colloquialism website and a Cockne dictionary, but I haven't found either.


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