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Thread #3463   Message #2520259
Posted By: Joe_F
19-Dec-08 - 07:59 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: older/raunchier 'Frankie and Johnny'
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: older/raunchier 'Frankie and Johnny'
Gurney: It's in Tawney's collection _Grey Funnel Lines_. More than a hint of homosexuality; it's a young sailor he's betraying her with. And no rooty-toot-toot for her; she steals a ship's gun and blows up the whole bar.

My favorite stanza in F&J is, I suppose, mildly profane:

First time she shot him, he staggered.
Next time she shot him, he fell.
Last time she shot her lover,
There was a new man's face in Hell.
He was her man, etc.

I intend to use that line if certain people predecease me.