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Thread #144024   Message #4233327
Posted By: Jack Campin
22-Dec-25 - 02:04 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Cockney & Army Bawdy/Rude Songs & Lyrics
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Cockney & Army Bawdy/Rude Songs & Lyrics
The Edinburgh folkie Ewan Forfar once recited a version of the "I tried to fuck your daughter" one to me where her father was Dr Guthrie, who founded a group of schools for delinquent boys in Edinburgh. He had been a schoolteacher so I guess he got it from one of the kids.