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Thread #147952 Message #4033271
Posted By: GUEST,Wm
09-Feb-20 - 05:22 PM
Thread Name: Randy Dandy O
Subject: RE: Randy Dandy O
Here is the Tom Brandon/Edith Fowke text mentioned some years back . . . not the cleverest or most enlightened stuff.
Published in Folklore & Society: Essays in honor of Benj. A. Botkin, ed. Bruce Jackson,1966; Fowke's article is called "A Sampling of Bawdy Ballads from Ontario." I've photographed the tune.
THE RALLOPING GALLOPING DANDY O
As I was walking down the street Singing ti-ri ferrandy O, A couple of whores I chanced to meet With my ralloping galloping dandy O.
One was Sue and the other was Kate, Ho ro my dandy O, So I says to old Sue, "I'll bugger to you," With my ralloping galloping dandy O.
She gave me the crabs, I gave her the clap, Singing ti-ri ferrandy O, Straightway to the doctor I did go With my ralloping galloping dandy O.
Oh, he threw me down on a hardwood block, Ho ro my dandy O, And he chopped four inches off my cock, Off my ralloping galloping dandy O.
Then along came a witch with a needle and rag, Singing ti-ri ferrandy O, She sewed the cock and tied up the bag Of my ralloping galloping dandy O.
Then I went out upon the street Singing ti-ri ferrandy O, Who but old Sue I chanced to meet, With my ralloping galloping dandy O.
Away she went with a thud and a thump, Singing ti-ri ferrandy O, I came after her wagging the bloody old stump Of my ralloping galloping dandy O.