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Thread #159746 Message #3785795
Posted By: GUEST,Rahere
17-Apr-16 - 07:15 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: My Old Man's a Dustman - dirty verse
Subject: Lyr Add: My Old Man's a Dustman - dirty verse
The search engine suggests this somewhat more adult verse has never been recorded in the wild before. I've transcribed it from Jim Carter: Lonnie Donnegan and Me (ITV 1 17.4.2016)
The aninals in Australia Are very, very strange They've got one called a platypus You'll find 'im on the range You'll always recognise him You'll know 'im like your brother His platy hangs on one end And his pussy's on the other
One point Lonnie's son Pete made is that this is actually a folk-heritage piece, as the music comes from My Old Man's a Soldier,
My Old Man;'s a soldier Fought in the Battke of Mons Killed ten thousand Germans With only a hundred bombs One lay here, one lay there, one lay round the corner One poor soul wiv a bullet up 'is 'ole Crying out for water...