Mudcat Café message #4051254

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Thread #166215 Message #4051254
Posted By: GUEST,Hootenanny
08-May-20 - 12:11 PM
Thread Name: Origins: 'doing the double twist' origin
Subject: RE: Origins: 'doing the double twist' origin

If you are referring to Jelly Roll Morton I think this might be a bowlderised verse.

In one version she wasn't doing the twist but "had her hand in her toodle-um up to her wrist".