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Thread #160159 Message #3797536
Posted By: Joe Offer
24-Jun-16 - 11:25 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Songs of Men Disguised as Women
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs of Men Disguised as Women
This question comes from Robert Rodriquez. There's one song recorded by Joe Stead called "Sister Josephine," about a man who dressed himself as a nun to hide from the law and stays in a convent. We have that one in the Digital Tradition.
There are also songs about men who hide out in a sultan's or king's harem. Anybody have some of these?
And in another one, a man disguises himself as a woman and tricks sailors into bed (sounds like "Some Like It Hot"). Every time the disguised man leaves a sailor, he leaves behind a woman's dress, a wig, and shaving kit. The song seems to take place in a place where there are gold fields, so Robert thinks this song must be in California or Australia. Chorus:Her lips as red as roses,
Her eyes a deep sky-blue;
Her hair as yellow as the gold,
She stole from me and you.
This is THE CLOSE SHAVE (Bob Bickerton), recorded by Patrick Street. Robert says that the song is also on a CD titled Make the Rafters Roar, by a group called Molly's Revenge.
Any others?
-Joe-