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Thread #127487   Message #4223252
Posted By: Jack Horntip
26-May-25 - 06:33 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Pretty Polly (Knife in the Window)
Subject: RE: Origins: Pretty Polly (Knife in the Window)
ROLL YOUR LEG OVER

I left Milne Bay with a low desire (3 times)
Scratching my itches, my balls were on fire,
So roll your leg over, Roll your leg over once moe.

I went to a hotel a-scratching my itches ( 3 times)
The first thing I did was to haul down my breetches,
So roll your leg over, roll your leg over once more.

I met with a maiden and she was a-weeping, ( 3 times)
And then there began such a crawling and creeping,
So roll your leg over, Roll your leg over once more.

I said to the maid, "May I come to bed with yer?" ( Three ti
The maiden replied "You're not handcuffed or tied,
So roll your leg over, Roll you leg over once more."

I said to the Maiden "I cannot get in yer" (3 times)
The maiden replied "There's a knifed by the winder"
So roll your leg over, Roll you leg over once more.

The knife it was sharp and her drawers split asunder (3 times
And then we heard music and lightning and thunder,
So roll you leg over, Roll your leg over once more.

In three months' time the maid sat a-weeping, ( 3 times)
And then she remembered the crawling and creeping,
So roll your leg over, roll your leg over once more.

In six months time the baby stirred in her (3 times)
And then she remembered the knife by the winder.
So roll your leg over, roll you leg over once more.

In nine months time the maid split asunder, (3 times)
And then she remembered the lightning and thunder,
So roll your leg over, roll your leg over once more.

Now all you young maidens, let this be a warning (3 times)
Don't leave your precautions until the next morning,
So roll your leg over, roll your leg over once more.

1945. Mess Songs and Rhymes of the RAAF [Royal Australian Air Force].



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