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Thread #72420 Message #3547477
Posted By: GUEST,SqueezeMe
10-Aug-13 - 02:05 AM
Thread Name: Origins/ADD: Can't You Dance the Polka?
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Can't You Dance the Polka? (from S Slade)
Somewhere in the very dim and equally distant past, I was told (possibly by the late Eric Ilott???) that the "Away, you santy, my dear Annie" was a corruption of the name of several seaports or maritime locations.