And just because I'm nice, I'll summarize this thread, so far: 1. I posted a query sent to me about the words to the song "Do Wah Diddey" which was performed in the movie Stripes
2. some people post that this aint no real marchin cadence
3. Some people remember the movie; a link to the YouTube trailer of the movie showing the cadence is posted
4. Some people mention that this song was recorded by two British Rock groups
5. I post the link to the current thread on British Rock but I 'misspeak' and say that the group Manfred Mans was American {maybe this happened at #4 and #4 is #5}
6. I apologize for referring to the group as American and then someone says the song was actually written by Americans and then someone says that Manfred Mans was actually South African {btw,I'm writing all this down from memory without re-reading this post-are you impressed yet?}
7. There's some mention of gum artist and of course I have to ask what a gum artist is. Someone makes a snide/witty remark {either snide or witty, I can't remember which one I thought it was, and I'm not going to cheat and re-read it now}...Anyway someone posts what a bubblegum artist is...and that question prompts me to start thinking about the etymology of the word diddy and diddley
8. I post the meanings of the words "diddley" and "diddy"
9. Before I post the meaning of the word diddley or diddy someone mentions some blues songs with that do wah diddy phrase or a similar phrase. That starts me wondering what other songs have that phrase.
10. I find & post information about the diddley bow.
I1. I find out that the diddley bow was called um-something in some African language. Of course, I have to find out which African language so I look it up and post it {Uf I remember correctly, it's Swazi, from Swaziland of course.
12.Now, where are we? Hmmmm. Somewhere in there I find out that Bo Diddley got his name 'cause kids thought his was country,but he could fight good and this girl said "Oh, you're a Bo Diddley" {She probably did a bit of folk etymology there, meaning she mistakenly transposed the words "diddley bow". It seems at some point that word "diddley" had {has?}a positive sexual connatation. How this term got that positive sexual connotation from the name for that musical instrument I think you can figure out for yourself. Oh yeah, I also found out that the guitarist Bo Diddley was a boxer. And I also found out how to make a diddley bow, not that I really would know how to do it, but at least I posted that information from the same site whose editor corrected his error that Bo Diddley really didn't play the Diddley Bo {cause he said his hands were too big{ but a lot of other Bluesmen did {I guess some Blueswomen may have too, but that man didn't mention that}. Btw, I thought it was real admirable that that man admitted his error. It takes a strong man to do that, doesn't it. {Okay, that was sexist. Let me rephrase that-It takes a strong person to do that, doesnt't. [those are rhetorical questions]
13. Someone then says that Hip-Hop enterprenaur {I never know how to spell that word} Sean Puffy Combs {otherwise known as P. Diddy}'s name also is in that "Diddy" tradition. Well, actually he {I think that poster whose numbers I can't remember but there's a 2 and and RA his {her?} name} didn't give Sean {Puffy}Comb's name, but I'm posting it now to show off my street creds... Somewhere in that post I guess {correctly?} that "Puffy" or the "P" in "P Diddly" comes from smoking blunts {I guess I don't have to say what those are, right-And no. I've smoked blunts or reefer or whatever you call it. I have a story about that but I'll leave that for another time}.
14. Somewhere in there I remembered this cutesy song -was this way back there with the gum artist post?.I think it came afterwards-anyway I remembered this song which I thought when "Do Wah Do Wah Diddy/talk about the boy from New York City" but I found out that the words were "cool kitty" or something very uncool like that.
15. I think that when I get to the post about this thread turning into an exploration of the word diddy and diddley which it has, and I admit that I was the one who helped that along which I was.
16. I post the song "Diddley Daddy" and I'm proud that now I understand that this song is more than just Bo Diddley riffing on his name, but he's bragging about he's a man who knows how to love him some women and the woman know he's all that and a bag of chips {as people used to say around my neighborhood-I don't know what the latest slang for this is but I can find out if you're interested}.
17. I ask if anyone knows about this song Diddley Daddy.