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Thread #31335   Message #619456
Posted By: Charley Noble
01-Jan-02 - 11:47 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Bully in the Alley
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bully in the Alley
I suppose the point I was making with the old Australia poem above had to do with the "traditional" meaning of the expression "I'm bully in the alley" which I used to think meant alcoholically impaired. I'm now more inclined to think it meant "I'm one fierce fellow and if you know what's good for you, you better start running." The verses that one now finds are a fairly eclectic bunch as one might expect, none of which seem to fit the bellicose interpretation of "I'm bully in the alley" I'm now assuming. Maybe, I need to rake up a new set of verses.