Mudcat Café message #3883532

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Thread #162986 Message #3883532
Posted By: Lighter
20-Oct-17 - 10:30 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Mine Farts was ein Prussian
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Mine Farts was ein Prussian

Hi, Snuffy.

"Mein Vater vas ein Dutchman/ Und mein Mutter vas ein Prussian...."

Can't resist pointing out that all these versions come from Hugill, and all are bowdlerized.

Hugill seems to be the only collector of the song, but Kipling quotes a related cleaned-up stanza in his 1897 story ".007":

       With a michnai - ghignai - shtingal! Yah! Yah! Yah!
        Ein - zwei - drei - Mutter! Yah! Yah! Yah!
        She climb upon der shteeple,
        Und she frighten all der people.
        Singin' michnai -ghignai - shtingal! Yah! Yah!