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Thread #119826   Message #3324699
Posted By: GUEST,pml4sail
18-Mar-12 - 02:39 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Slough-foot Sue? / Slewfoot Sue
Subject: RE: Origins: Slough-foot Sue? / Slewfoot Sue
My father (b. 1906) used to sing this song when he was a little "tipsy" (to my mother's consternation)the following lyrics:

"There once was a girl I knew by the name of slough foot Sue-
She was chief engineer at the shirt tail factory, down by the riverside view.
Oh, a shirt was all she had and a face like a soft-shelled crab-
Every nite she wood hussle with a button on her bustle-
and oh boy was she bad!"