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Charley Noble Origins: Hey Loddy Loddy /Hey Lally Lally (bawdy) (11) RE: Origins: Hey Loddy Loddy /Hey Lally Lally (bawdy) 05 Feb 25


The plot and lines are very similar to a song we used to sing at college in the 1960 that we called "The Lady Mechanic" but there were a few extra lines and a different tune:

Anon.
Collected at Bowdoin College in the early 1960's

The Lady Mechanic

G
I know a lady dressed in black,
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She makes her living on her back –
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She's a lady me-chanic,
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She's a lady me-chanic,
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She's a lady mechanic and I love her any-how.

I know a lady dressed in red,
She makes her living going from bed to bed –
She's a registered nurse…

I know a lady dressed in green,
She makes her living pounding meat lean –
She's a lady butcher…

I know a lady dressed in brown,
She makes her living going up and down –
She's an elevator operator…

I know a lady lives on a hill,
Every night she gets her fill –
She's a blueberry picker…

I'm thinking that I composed the last verse.

Cheerily,
Charlie Ipcar


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