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Thread #91064   Message #1753385
Posted By: Scoville
05-Jun-06 - 12:56 PM
Thread Name: Songs about Wearing Red-or another color
Subject: RE: Songs about Wearing Red-or another color
The ladies' version goes:

"When you come a-courting me, put on your navy blue,
That long-tailed roustabout you wear don't do a thing for you."

We used to sing:

"Who's been here since I been gone?
Pretty little gal with a red dress on,
She took it off and I put it on,
Here comes Sally with her big boots on."

Which makes absolutely no sense at all but sounds like fun when you rip through it on the fiddle at 65 mph. Our singer, when we ever sang, was a guy--who doesn't like a little transvestitism with their old-time music?

And of course, there's "Long Black Veil" and "Faded Coat of Blue".