The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #67903   Message #1137754
Posted By: greg stephens
16-Mar-04 - 03:49 AM
Thread Name: Songs whose emphasis or meaning changed
Subject: RE: Origins: songs whose emphasis or meaning chan
Well, I still think Frankie and Johnny is pretty funny.
"Rum tum tum three times she shot him
Right through that hard wood door" is pretty much guaranteed a laugh I would have thought. Especially as the only singers I know who do this song invariably liven it up with dramatic gestures and expressions.