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Thread #2385   Message #1119319
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
19-Feb-04 - 01:48 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Mademoiselle from Armentières
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Mademoiselle from Armentières
Probably not new to Lighter, but I hadn't seen these posted here before:
Mademoiselle from Armentieres, Parlez vous (2x)
She's the hardest working girl in town,
But she makes her living upside down!
Hinky dinky parlez vous.

--
The cooties rambled through her hair,
She whispered sweetly "C'est la Guerre."

Doughboy Music

Robokopp says the early WW1 lyrics have been attributed to Edward Rowland, 1915, and the melody attr. to Glitz Rice, 1915.
"...many sources credit it to the British Army of India under the name "Skiboo.""

Nine months later she gave a grunt,parlez vous (2x)
Nine months later she gave a grunt,
And a fat little Prussian popped out her cunt.

The fat little Prussian he grew and grew, p. v.,
The fat little Prussian he grew and grew,
He fucked the cat and the donkey too.

The fat little Prussian he went to hell, p.v.,
The fat little Prussian he went to hell,
He fucked the devil and his wife as well.

Made a Mam'selle
(Couldn't resist the Made Mam'selle." Just remembered that from singing in camp.


? Could the name "Skiboo" have come from the Farmer Skiboo stories or the legendary strong man of the docks? The name appears in several connotations in the British Isles.