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Thread #61685   Message #992903
Posted By: Sorcha
29-Jul-03 - 06:59 PM
Thread Name: Tune Req: Everybody Wants My Fanny (Benny Bell)
Subject: Lyr Add: EVERYBODY WANTS MY FANNY (Benny Bell)
This song was first released in 1949 as a single by Benny Bell. It resurfaced decades later on the Dr. Demento show. Re-popularized when it appeared as track 8 on disc 2 of the Dr. Demento 25th Anniversary Collection CD (at least that's where I first heard it.)

Everyone is out to get my Fanny,
Everybody wants to see my Fanny,
Everybody likes to hold my Fanny,
But she loves no one but me.

Everybody wants to seize my Fanny,
Everybody likes to squeeze my Fanny,
They do everything to please my Fanny,
Still she loves no one but me.

Oh, don't touch my Fanny, please don't ever try;
My little Fanny is reserved for just one guy,

That's why I never let another love light blind me
Anywhere I go you'll always find me
With my little Fanny right behind me
'cause she's so in love with me

Everyone who ever spied my Fanny
Tried to hang around beside my Fanny
Maybe I should go and hide my Fanny,
Or she'll find somebody new

I've seen lots of Fannies in my time,
And frequently their cheeks were close to mine,
But never have I held one so divine
Like the Fanny that belongs to me

We will be married some day next June
and when we go away to spend our honeymoon
I know that everyone is going to miss my Fanny
no one ever could resist my Fanny,
but they wouldn't dare to kiss my Fanny,
'cause she's so in love with me!

note: I discovered recently that "Fanny" is apparently UK slang for female genitalia. In U.S. Slang, fanny is just a funny term for the butt, kind of like "hiney." (Either way, who would name their daughter this?) I'm pretty sure the artist who wrote this was intending the U.S. meaning.

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