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Thread #30115 Message #2782355
Posted By: The Vulgar Boatman
06-Dec-09 - 04:54 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req/Add: Mick McGilligan's Daughter, Mary Ann
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Mick McGilligan's Daughter, Maryann
Me father used to sing:
"Once she went in for a swim
And two policemen they jumped in,
They both thought that Mary was a man,
But you should have seen them shudder
When they found she had no rudder,
She was Micky McGilligan's daughter, Mary Ann.
She's me darlin', she's me daisy,
She's cock-eyed and bloomin' lazy..."
A version presumably learned in some forces "sod's opera" during WW2.