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Thread #53132 Message #1004577
Posted By: GUEST,Syd Meats
19-Aug-03 - 08:36 AM
Thread Name: ADD: Battle With the Prawns (and copyright info)
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Battling Prawns (and copyright info)
As Ron pointed out, the second line of the second verse should read "For they had run out of plankton because I had eaten it."
The second line of the third verse should be "With a lot of screaming children and a bottle of HP".
I'm not sure if HP sauce is known outside the British Isles, but this refers to a brand of brown sauce which might possibly be used by Captain Birdseye on his fish fingers. I can't quite imagine Captain Birdseye with a bottle of Chablis, but then again the latest averts shown in the UK for Birdseye Fish Fingers show a much younger Captain Birdseye who may well have different tastes !
For the definitive version of the lyrics please refer to http://www.sydmeats.co.uk/lyrics/prawns.htm