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Thread #94047 Message #1817417
Posted By: The Fooles Troupe
23-Aug-06 - 07:21 PM
Thread Name: Verses: Martin Said to His Man
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Martin said to his man
"it might seem reasonable to suppose that "fool" is the original."
When you ASS-U-ME, you make a fool of U & ME...
Ah, I could rant on about the dangers inherent in taking the dates of first publications as a hard indicator of what is out there in the undocumented vocal traditon, and just not been written down and published - but I'll leave that to those 'real scholars' out there...
... and I just can't resist...
Heard Malcolm scold us all, fie, man, fie Heard Malcolm scold us all, who's the fool now Heard Malcolm scold us all, he thinks he knows it all Thou hast well drunken man, who's the fool now