Pitchin' Woo

Subject: Pitchin' Woo
From: GUEST,woodsie
Date: 29 Sep 07 - 12:46 PM

What is Pitchin' Woo?

On the song Okie From Muskogee Merle Haggard sings "we like holdin' hands and pitchin' woo" is this american slang?

Subject: RE: Pitchin' Woo
From: catspaw49
Date: 29 Sep 07 - 01:27 PM

As in wooing the girl.....courting stepped up a level ya' might say.

Spaw

Subject: RE: Pitchin' Woo
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 29 Sep 07 - 03:46 PM

yes we gathered that. at what point would you say the woo had been well and truly pitched...?

upstairs outside? downstairs outside? upstairs inside? downstairs inside?

they used to say - watch out for the giggle bands (the stocking tops, get past there and you were laughing...?)

Subject: RE: Pitchin' Woo
From: Mick Pearce (MCP)
Date: 29 Sep 07 - 03:59 PM

Also used by Cole Porter in Too Darn Hot:

  I'd like to coo with my baby tonight
  And pitch the woo with my baby tonight

(Though I've seen this mistakenly quoting cool and wool!)

Mick

Subject: RE: Pitchin' Woo
From: woodsie
Date: 29 Sep 07 - 04:23 PM

I thought it might be something like that - I always misheard the lyric as pitchin wood - thought he was singing about rednecks prefering tossing cabers to dirty hippy "love ins"

Subject: RE: Pitchin' Woo
From: GUEST,allan s.
Date: 29 Sep 07 - 04:28 PM

circa 1940's refers to "necking" holding hands, then kissing. usually lips to lips, no toungues involved...

Subject: RE: Pitchin' Woo
From: Severn
Date: 29 Sep 07 - 06:37 PM

Is Woo pitchin' against Chang Ho Park in tonight's game?

Subject: RE: Pitchin' Woo
From: Peace
Date: 29 Sep 07 - 07:44 PM

No, Severn, Woo's on first!

Subject: RE: Pitchin' Woo
From: catspaw49
Date: 29 Sep 07 - 08:17 PM

Wot?

Spaw

Subject: RE: Pitchin' Woo
From: Ebbie
Date: 29 Sep 07 - 08:43 PM

Wot has moved to third.

Subject: RE: Pitchin' Woo
From: irishjonty
Date: 29 Sep 07 - 08:45 PM

good name for a band what?

Subject: RE: Pitchin' Woo
From: catspaw49
Date: 29 Sep 07 - 09:08 PM

I thought Hi Don Ho was on third.

Spaw

Subject: RE: Pitchin' Woo
From: katlaughing
Date: 30 Sep 07 - 01:09 AM

That was Won Hung Lo ala All Creatures Great & Small!

Subject: RE: Pitchin' Woo
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 30 Sep 07 - 03:56 AM

No tongues involved! I wonder how that worked out.

Did her father warn, If that dirty bastard gets his tongue out - you come straight home, d'you hear!