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Thread #100390   Message #2013593
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
01-Apr-07 - 01:54 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: My Black Cadillac (Lightnin' Hopkins)
Subject: RE: Lightnin Hopkins - My Black Cadillac
The Spaniards have many double entendre songs and words in their folk lore. I have a book where many of the songs are indicated as having a double meaning, but, lacking Spanish except for restaurant use, I can't pick up the meanings.

I have an idea that language skills of this sort were discouraged in English-speaking schools, in part a result of the 'puritan' ethic, in part because of rigid rules on speech and grammar laid down by teachers who didn't have time to deal with inventiveness.