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Thread #110403   Message #2315795
Posted By: Sorcha
14-Apr-08 - 10:23 PM
Thread Name: Law Officers in Songs & Children's Rhymes
Subject: RE: Law Officers in Songs &Children's Rhymes
Wee Willie's Lost His Marly/Geordies Penka. Just one verse:

So he went and got a peeler*,
he went and got a peeler,
He went and got a peeler,
down the Springfield Road.

Peeler--slang for a police officer.