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Thread #37122   Message #517527
Posted By: Bob Bolton
30-Jul-01 - 03:09 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: What a Mouth (Harry Champion)
Subject: RE: Help! Need words for impossible song - What a Mouth!
G'day Mark,

Of course, that is Cockney - approximating "Oh, a mouth so large, God, Lord, God, love me" - Well, it is according to the Oxford Dictionary equating "cor" with "God" ... But I always took it as (imperfect) rhyming slang for "Lord" (Lord ... Lor' ... cor ...) but then that makes the line "Oh, a mouth so large, Lord, Lord, Lord, love me"...

Regard(les)s,

Bob Bolton