I got a message requesting the plainer language version of "Coulter's Candy" I'd mentioned in a past thread. Then was told about putting line break commands... Sooooo, I stuck line breaks (I think that's what they are called; know NOTHING about HTML) on the ends of the lines & spaces of the words on my hard drive WP file, copied the whole schmear to the clipboard, & I'll paste them here. Hope it works... Cheers, BK

(hope it doesn't have a million little "br's" in it. I think it came from an album by the "Kerries?"

COULTER'S CANDY (plainer English version)

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Allee Ballee, Allee Ballee Bee,
sittin' on yer Mammie's Knee
Weepin' for another bawbee
'ta buy some Coulter's candy

Here comes Coulter down the street,
sweatin' in the summer heat
all the children 'round his feet
cryin' for Coulter's candy

Poor wee Jean was a-lookin' mighty thin,
just a bag of bones covered over with skin
now she 's sportin a wee double chin
from eatin' Coulter's candy

Now (wee) brother Johnny's cryin' too
so what can a poor wee mommy do
but give them another penny or two
ta' buy some Coulter's candy

You know when Robbie comes around
you'll hear him singing his well-known song
come buy my candy and grow up strong
come buy my Coulter's candy


Another verse from an Australian friend:

Now the days are short and the nights are cold
an' we're all sittin' on the Dole
but there's still another penny in the sugar bowl
ta buy some Coulter's candy.

This version is a lot easier for me to sing, & American audiences to comprehend. We get a lot of compliments on it.