The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #119826   Message #3688719
Posted By: GUEST
21-Feb-15 - 06:56 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Slough-foot Sue? / Slewfoot Sue
Subject: RE: Origins: Slough-foot Sue? / Slewfoot Sue
Here is my mother's version:
"There once was a gal I knew, her name was Slew Foot Sue,
She was a chief engineer in the soap factory way down by the riverside blue
Form was all she had, she had a face like a soft shell crab,
She had a stiff upper lip, like a rudder on a ship
my god but she was sad."

and then on into: "That's where my money goes, to buy my baby clothes
I buy her everything to keep her in style.(forgotten this part but different for above versions. .that's where my money goes"..we loved this song as kids in the 50s trying to imagine this woman!.