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Thread #1213 Message #1091471
Posted By: Emma B
12-Jan-04 - 06:26 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Lish Young Buy a Broom
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lish Young Buy a Broom
When I originally heard this song - so long ago I can't remember where or by whom- I distinctly remember however that I heard it as BLISS young buy a broom which made no sense at all and I assumed was a mishearing. Last week, however, when persuing one of my favourite hobbies i.e. browsing in secondhand book shops I found the Penguin Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Words which included "BLISSOM" - bleating with sexual desire "Blissful Mr. Thimm danced blissom Miss Swint squealing over a ha-ha.... Theroux, Darconvilles Cat p.214