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Thread #92940   Message #1787598
Posted By: GUEST
19-Jul-06 - 04:36 PM
Thread Name: Songs & Rhymes That Mention Snakes
Subject: RE: Songs & Rhymes That Mention Snakes
Regarding the genie/neighbor/boy/etc with the ten-foot weenie who showed it to the lady/neighbor/etc next door, I have always assumed that it was American, since it seems to be a parody of "Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair" by Stephen Foster.

Regarding the question about the "Mother of Bees" and snakes? A possible interpretation: The Biblical devil Beelzebub is the "Lord of Flies" (bees?). The name evidently is a (deliberate???) mis-translation or mis-pronunciation of the contemporary god Baal-Zebul (roughly "High God of Zebul" [a place].

Very much off the top of my head here. I have no backup for either idea.

BB,

NightWing