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Thread #9193 Message #59102
Posted By: Steve Parkes
18-Feb-99 - 07:50 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: A Is for 'Orses (Cockney alphabet song)
Subject: RE: A is for 'orses
Zephyr breezes! [= zed for ..]
My mom used to quote bits of tis when I was a kid, but she could never remember all of it. I'll pass it on to her complete. There was a British quick-fire patter double act in the thirties and forties who used to do this; I can't for the life of me remember their names: might have been The Two .. or X and X (same initials). I shall remember as soon as I've posted this!
Haven't heard a Black Country version. If you pronounce 'hay' as 'air' it gets rather confused. I'd like to see the rest, if anyone knows it - or can suggest any more.