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Thread #122858   Message #3762159
Posted By: Steve Gardham
01-Jan-16 - 05:27 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Wakefield Gaol
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Wakefield Gaol
'Pompey' is used as cant in all sorts of contexts and is worth Googling. It's meaning in the song is quite obvious. 'Blue Lobster' must surely be one of the 'boys in blue' or whatever form of policeman was on the go at the time. The other analogy similar of course is 'the long arm of the law'.