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Thread #106574 Message #2202480
Posted By: Jacob B
26-Nov-07 - 11:35 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: boris the bulgar
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: boris the bulgar
A Google search yielded a slightly larger fragment than you have, at this site.
"A great man with the knife is the Bulgar. Did you ever hear that song about him they sang at a revue the British 'Tommies' had at Saloniki? It was a parody on some other song that was being sung in the halls in London, and went something like this:
[Sidenote: A Bulgar song.]
I'm Boris the Bulgar, The Man With the Knife; The Pride of Sofia, The Taker of Life. Good gracious, how spacious And deep are the cuts, Of Boris the Bulgar, The Knifer--"