ADD: I Saw Her Snatch the Suitcase (bawdy)

Subject: Some bawdy drinking song???
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 04 Feb 02 - 01:42 PM

A "mate" of mine on another MB elsewhere posted these lyrics

I saw her snatch her suitcase from the window
I held her but a moment in the rain
I kissed as she started for the station
To see her brother Jack off on the train.

Anybody got the 4-1-1 on this song??

.-)

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Some bawdy drinking song???
From: Wilfried Schaum
Date: 04 Feb 02 - 01:57 PM

Word missing in the 3rd line? May be "I kissed her as ..." would fit the metre.

Wilfried

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Some bawdy drinking song???
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 04 Feb 02 - 02:25 PM

Could very well be, but I can only post what he posted in his original request...

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Some bawdy drinking song???
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 04 Feb 02 - 05:35 PM

No one?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Some bawdy drinking song???
From: Sorcha
Date: 04 Feb 02 - 05:43 PM

According to this site, it's a "Kenneth Threadgill Song-Austin TX He used to perform this in the 70's" and is quoted this way:

I saw her snatch...the suitcase from the window
I held her but(t)... a moment in the rain
I kissed her as(s)... she ran down to the station
To see her brother Jack off on the train

I didn't find any more lyrics.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Some bawdy drinking song???
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 04 Feb 02 - 05:55 PM

I think it was Llewtrah who originally asked about this on the Bawdy list. And I posted back what my friend Allan Schwinn sings this as an intro to "The Ship Song" (which I can post the words to, but it's not bawdy, and is under copyright, but I don't know who wrote it).

What he sings is:

I saw her snatch.........her suitcase from the closet
I grabbed her butt.........time was growing short
I kissed her ass.............the taxi came to take her
To see her brother Jack.........off on the train

He says he got it years ago from some comedian.

Linn

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Some bawdy drinking song???
From: Jeri
Date: 04 Feb 02 - 06:06 PM

Sounds like a Buddy Hackett sort of thing. (S.W.A.G.)

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Some bawdy drinking song???
From: kidd
Date: 04 Feb 02 - 06:30 PM

just as well there are no more lyrics, eh?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Some bawdy drinking song???
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 04 Feb 02 - 06:41 PM

Why do you say that kidd?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Some bawdy drinking song???
From: Peg
Date: 04 Feb 02 - 08:02 PM

cuz it's kinda silly...not to mention insulting to women...but would probably bo good for a laugh in most bars.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Some bawdy drinking song???
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 04 Feb 02 - 08:09 PM

kinda silly

Pffft....

Isn't that 98% of what get's called pub/celtic music???

I LIKE kinda silly!

Insulting to women? Well, it was a woman who made the original post on another MB (the 'he' above is a typeo) so I guess one cannot presume to speak for everyone...

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Some bawdy drinking song???
From: Dave Bryant
Date: 05 Feb 02 - 05:11 AM

I assume that Clinton is the other side of the ditch as the description "Celtic Music" has no such connotation over here in the UK. I'm not used to it being particularly linked to "Pub" music as a category either. There are bawdy songs in most genres, but I would have thought that unless we're talking about Celtic rugby supporters that Celtic music is no raunchier than any other.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Some bawdy drinking song???
From: Wilfried Schaum
Date: 05 Feb 02 - 09:19 AM

Has anyone got the tune? Would like to sing it when drinking with some English speaking companions.

Wilfried

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Some bawdy drinking song???
From: Charley Noble
Date: 05 Feb 02 - 10:16 AM

Lynn - which "Ship Song" are you refering to?

Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Some bawdy drinking song???
From: Ringer
Date: 05 Feb 02 - 10:31 AM

I don't see it as insulting to women, Peg. Full of doubles entendres, sure (which I confess I completely missed in the first post; but then, "To the pure, all things are pure" **BG**). But insulting to women? How?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Some bawdy drinking song???
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 05 Feb 02 - 01:04 PM

Oh good gods damn Bald Eagle... Don't go there man!

LOL!!

And Dave B... Ya... I'm a New Worlder... and ya this kind of crap is exactly what get's totted around by the mob as "Irish" or "Celtic" music...

But then again, so is crap like 7 Drunken Nights, and the Unicorn Song....

My usual response to the innane question "Do you play and Celtic music?" is, "Sorry, the Celts were extinct long before I had a chance to learn any of thier music."

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Some bawdy drinking song???
From: GUEST,Nick Romano
Date: 23 Dec 05 - 11:47 AM

This song was preformed by The Treniers, who were an R&B group during the 40's and are credited by some as the group that first started Rock & Roll. To the best of my knowledge the song title is "I Saw Her Snatch". Milt Trenier can still be seen singing this song in Chicago, though if you go to see him you might have to request it. I have only seen this done as duet. The following is my recollection of the song. I don't know how to best write this out and will be using an "..." to indicate a hold for two beats of the music.

1: I saw her snatch...

2: What are you singing you can't sing that!

1: What?

2: You can't sing a song like that in front of these fine people.

1: All I was going to say was; I saw her snatch... her suitcase from the window.

2: Oh, alright.

1: I saw her snatch… her suitcase from the window. I held her but...

2: Hold it, hold it. What are you doing?

1: What?

2: You just can't sing a song like this!

1: Why? I was just going to sing; I held her but... a moment in the rain.

2: That's it?

1: Yes

2: Ok

1: I saw her snatch... her suitcase from the window. I held her but... a moment in the rain. I kissed as...

2: That's it! Stop right there!

1: All I was singing was; I kissed her as... she departed for the station.

2: look, just do me a favor. Keep it closer together, and don't pause like that.

1: Keep it closer together?

2: Yes, please.

1: Alright.

2: Thank you.

1: I saw her snatchher suitcase from the window. I held her buta moment in the rain. I kissed her asshe departed for the station. To see her bother Jack off on the train.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Some bawdy drinking song???
From: Charley Noble
Date: 23 Dec 05 - 08:14 PM

Nick-

Thanks for clarifying how this ditty was presented.

Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Some bawdy drinking song???
From: GUEST,Joe_F
Date: 23 Dec 05 - 08:39 PM

A similar old tease (best for nonrhotic speakers):

A sol-, a sol-, a soldier I would be,

Two pis-, two pis-, two pistols on my knee,

For cu-, for cu-, for curiosity,

To fight for count-, to fight for count-, to fight for country.

--- Joe Fineman    [e-mail]

||: Where reasons are no reason, cause is true. ||

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Some bawdy drinking song???
From: GUEST,BCBudbuddie
Date: 11 Feb 09 - 06:44 PM

I heard this song in Keswick Ontario at the Waterfront Bar and Grill.The band was Two 4 the Show.From what I remember most of the lyrics go like this.I saw her snatch;her suitcase from the window.I held her ass;she walked through the door.Oh she blew me;a kiss from the driveway.And she held my cock;er spaniel once more.She sold her coun;try farmhouse in London,and I ate her box;of raisins in the shade.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Some bawdy drinking song???
From: Joe_F
Date: 11 Feb 09 - 08:38 PM

Cf. also

She has freckles on her, but she is nice.
When I hold her in my arms, it's paradise.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Some bawdy drinking song???
From: GUEST,Byron Laursen
Date: 11 Feb 09 - 09:31 PM

I learned this variation in 7th grade, nearly 50 years ago: I saw her snatch her satchel from the table / I held her but a moment in my arms / We went down to the station / To see her brother Jack off on the train. While I won't say one version is superior to the other, you've got to love that alliteration in the first line.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Some bawdy drinking song???
From: Melissa
Date: 11 Feb 09 - 09:47 PM

Long Tom and the Dusty Danglers have one like this called "Country Girl"

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Some bawdy drinking song???
From: GUEST,TJ in San Diego
Date: 12 Feb 09 - 04:18 PM

A lot of this sounds like it has its roots in an old Redd Foxx party record, circa 1956 or so.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Some bawdy drinking song???
From: GUEST
Date: 06 May 09 - 02:28 AM

I saw her *snatch* her suitcase from the window!!
I grabbed her *as-s* she walked out the door,
She *blew me            - a kiss from the driveway
and she held my *cock -erspanial once more!
I ate her out*   standing *cunt ry dinner
and I held her sweet *pussy cat

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Some bawdy drinking song???
From: GUEST,.gargoyle
Date: 06 May 09 - 07:45 AM

Enticing Piece of As sociated words - I have just the place to use it.

Anyone have an approximate tune ?

Sincerely,
Gargoyle

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Some bawdy drinking song???
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 06 May 09 - 10:51 AM

Our friend Allan Schwinn sings this as an intro to another song
originally sent me those words instead of the intro.

A few years ago I asked him for his source and he replied --

"I heard a standup comedian do something like this
before dirt was invented. I changed the words a bit so
it would fit to music. I then added it to the
beginning of the ship song which is somewhat from
another comedian. The total final arrangement is mine.
No copyright existed then.....but it does
now. I guess the source is me [Allan Schwinn].

What he sings is:

I saw her snatch.........her suitcase from the closet
I grabbed her butt.........time was growing short
I kissed her ass.............the taxi came to take her
To see her brother Jack.........off on the train

Then he goes into "The Ship Song" (which is under
copyright, but he doesn't know who wrote it) --

Everytime we take a trip you always get my goat.
I like traveling on a plane....you like a ferry boat.
Well, the next time we go traveling,
Ships are out and I declare;
You go your way, I'll go mine;
I'll met you over there.

Go take a ship for yourself.
I'll go by plane or by myself.
If you can't fly in planes,
Ride in busses or in trains,
Then go take a ship for yourself.

Take a battleship, an excursion ship
Or a fishing ship will do.
If you can't take a big ship
Then take a small canoe.
Bon voyage to you my friend,
I'll meet you at the journey's end,
If you like briny seas, ocean waves and an ocean breeze
Then go take a ship for yourself.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Some bawdy drinking song???
From: Schantieman
Date: 06 May 09 - 12:01 PM

And then, of course, there are the words to the version of 'She'll be Coming Round the Mountain' that they didn't teach us at school...

Oh she's got a lovely bottom set of teeth
Oh she's got a lovely naval uniform
Oh she's got a lovely country house in Spain

etc...

....but I think this may bo on an old thread somewhere..

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Some bawdy drinking song???
From: GUEST
Date: 03 Nov 09 - 03:42 AM

It was great watching two for the show sing this song!!

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Some bawdy drinking song???
From: GUEST,Mr Red
Date: 03 Nov 09 - 05:59 AM

A Trooper Watering His Nag first publish by Thomas d'Urfey in 1717. Though he quotes it as "an old song" then so mid 17th c is a likely age.

I sing it fairly regularly.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Some bawdy drinking song???
From: GUEST,DiCaisse
Date: 17 Nov 09 - 02:06 PM

I remember listening a record my father had, back in the 70's. The name of the group was "The Trenairs (sp). I'm currently trying to find it to share with my husband and friends.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Treniers

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Some bawdy drinking song???
From: GUEST,Dick
Date: 14 Jul 10 - 03:36 PM

It was from the comedian Redd Foxx.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Some bawdy drinking song???
From: GUEST
Date: 14 Jul 10 - 03:49 PM

I know this is REALLY pedantic, but as the similarity between 'snatch' and 'satchel' is called 'assonance', not alliteration, I couldn't resist;)

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Some bawdy drinking song???
From: GUEST
Date: 22 Jul 12 - 12:48 AM

I saw her snatch her suitcase from the window
And I held her as she walked out the door
Oh she blew me a kiss from the driveway
And she held my cocker spaniel once more

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Some bawdy drinking song???
From: GUEST,uuglypher
Date: 03 Jun 13 - 05:17 AM

First heard in 1957 as a college fraternity pledge class skit:

First time through it is Introduced as a song for learning simple guitar chords:

I saw her grab...her satchel from the doorway,
I held her just.... a moment in the rain.
I kissed her when ... we went down to the station
To see her brother Jack leave ...on the train.

But then I got a little flustered as I played it for the Faculty Wives' Club
And it came out like this:

I saw her snatch... her satchel from the doorway;
I held her butt ...a moment in the rain.
I kissed her ass... we went down to the station
To see her brother Jack off ... on the train.

I was never invited back by the Faculty Wives!

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Some bawdy drinking song???
From: GUEST
Date: 25 Jul 13 - 12:22 PM

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Some bawdy drinking song???
From: GUEST
Date: 25 Jul 13 - 12:25 PM

I saw her snatch...her suitcase from the window.
I held her as... she walked out the door.
she blew me a kiss...from the driveway.
and she held my cock..erspaniel one last time.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Some bawdy drinking song???
From: GUEST,Gordon Hoppe / Tammy Hoppe
Date: 04 Jul 14 - 10:43 AM

This was a song my dad sang in the 60s...
I saw her snatch,... the sachel from the window!
I held her butt,....a moment in the rain!
I kissed her ass,..... We headed to the depot!
To see her brother .... Jack off on the train!

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Some bawdy drinking song???
From: GUEST
Date: 21 Nov 16 - 03:41 PM

I saw a band called "two for the show" perform this in a bar near Oshawa.

I saw her snatch, her suitcase from the window.
I held her ass, she walked out the door.
Well she blew me, a kiss from the driveway.
And she held my cock-erspaniel once more.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Some bawdy drinking song???
From: GUEST,Lisa
Date: 27 Jan 22 - 08:16 PM

OK I remember this song but it went like this in my head:

I saw him snatch her suitcase from the window, he held her ass the train rolled away, then he held her butt only for a moment, as she saw her brother jack off, as she saw her brother jack off on the train.

My mom sung it rofl, she was born in the 40's, so no clue where she heard all that.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Some bawdy drinking song???
From: Mrrzy
Date: 28 Jan 22 - 06:54 PM

There is a French similar kids' song

J'ai fait un pét (fart) j'ai fait un pé j'ai fait un pé-lerinage (I made a pilgrimage)
Avec le cul (ass) avec le cu avec le curé du village (with the country priest)
Il était con (imbecilic) mais il était con mais il était content de son voyage! (He was so happy with the trip!)

Subject: RE: ADD: I Saw Her Snatch the Suitcase (PG13)
From: and e
Date: 28 Jun 23 - 03:36 PM

I saw her saw her snatch her suit case from the closet
I watched ass she walk out in the rain
I saw her hung a taxi to the station
Just to see her brother Jack off on the train.

Transcribed from this youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tn37yVuR7U8

Subject: RE: ADD: I Saw Her Snatch the Suitcase (PG13)
From: and e
Date: 28 Jun 23 - 03:41 PM

Another Ozark mountain song

I saw her snatch her suitcase from the window
I held her but a moment in the rain
I watched her as she walked on down the platform
Just to see her brother Jack off on the train

Only has one verse. Who needs more? Join us.

I saw her snatch her suitcase from the window
I held her but a moment in the rain
I watched her as she walked on down the platform
Just to see her brother Jack off on the train

We only sing innocent songs. I don't know what you're thinking.

Transcribed from a recording at broadjam.com.

Listen to the recording online here:

https://www.broadjam.com/songs/DIB/i-saw-her-snatch-live-in-colorado



Any help with the tune used is appreciated. Does it have a name?

Subject: RE: ADD: I Saw Her Snatch the Suitcase (PG13)
From: and e
Date: 28 Jun 23 - 03:59 PM

I SAW HER SNATCH

I saw her "snatch" her satchel from the window
I held her for a moment in the rain
I kissed her "as" she hurried to the station
To see her brother "Jack off" on the train

The Fighter Pilot's Hymn Book, [William Starr (compiler)], [1958], pg 108.

See online here: https://archive.org/details/1958thefighterpilotshymnbookwilliamstarr/page/108/mode/1up

Subject: RE: ADD: I Saw Her Snatch the Suitcase (PG13)
From: and e
Date: 28 Jun 23 - 04:00 PM

I SAW HER SNATCH

I saw her "snatch" her satchel from the window
I held her for a moment in the rain
I kissed her "as" she hurried to the station
To see her brother "Jack off" the train.

Song 218, Fighter Pilot's Song Book [Black Widow Squadron], [c1963].

See online here: https://archive.org/details/1963fighterpilotssongbookblackwidowsquadron/page/211/mode/1up?q=satchel

The text is identical to the William Starr collection from 1958.

Subject: RE: ADD: I Saw Her Snatch the Suitcase (PG13)
From: and e
Date: 28 Jun 23 - 10:24 PM

I SAW HER SNATCH HER SUITCASE FROM THE TABLE

I saw her snatch her suitcase from the table
I held her butt a moment in the rain
I kissed her ass we drove off to the station
To see her brother Jack off of the train

Transcribed from the live recording of the band Little Feat at The Coach House, San Juan Capistrano, California, April 24, 1992.

Download here: https://archive.org/download/lf1992-04-24.sbd.flac24/09%20I%20Saw%20Her%20Snatch%20Her%20Suitcase.mp3

Subject: RE: ADD: I Saw Her Snatch the Suitcase (PG13)
From: and e
Date: 29 Jun 23 - 07:46 AM

Transcribed comedy routine from the youtube video here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_y1uxMWKUsg

Person 1: I really need your help. I wrote it up. So when I go like this [gesture]. I need you to say "oh" like you understand. "Oh!"
Audience: [Multiple "oh"'s from various individuals in audience]
Person 1: I'm going to do it. Here we go [gesture]
Audience: "oh" [unenthusiastically]
Person 1: Are you serious? All these people in this room and that's all I hear? One more time
Audience: Oh! [Louder]
Person 1: That's what I need every time I do this [gesture]


Person 1: (singing)

I saw her snatch...

Person 2: Whoa. That's it. I said you could play...do a number. But this is an anniversary.
Person 1: You misunderstood. It's "I saw her snatch a suitcase from the window". [gesture]
Audience: Oh!
Person 1: That's what I mean. Now stop interrupting.



Person 1: (singing)

I saw her snatch a suitcase from the window
I held her butt...

Person 2: Whoa, whoa, whoa. Now, now, now the first one was one thing. But now you are getting into bodily parts. There are little kids here it an annivers-birthday party.
Person 1: You will not let me finish the phrase out. It's "I held her but a moment in the rain." [gesture]
Audience: Oh!


Person 1: (singing)

I saw her snatch a suitcase from the window
I held her but a moment in the rain
I kissed her ass...

Person 2: Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hold it! Holt it! First one was the "snatch", then was the "butt", and now the "ass". I mean, what other body parts?
Person 1: You are not letting finish the phrase out.
Person 2: Again [something in yiddish] with the phrase.
Person 1: It's "I kissed her as we headed towards the station." [gesture]
Audience: Oh!
Person 1: Come on Tom!


Person 1: (singing)

I saw her snatch a suitcase from the window
I held her but a moment in the rain
I kissed her as we headed towards the station
To see her brother Jack off...

Person 2: Whoa, whoa! Now that is where we draw the line. All right. You didn't hear that.[Muddled with noise] Explain this to me.
Person 1: I can explain this.
Person 2: What was this guy's name "Jerk"?
Person 1: Jack.
Person 2: Jack? What did he do?
Person 1: "To see her brother Jack off of the train." [gesture]
Audience: Oh!
Person 1: There is nothing wrong. It could have been worse. His name could have been Jerk.


Person 1: Everyone!
Everyone:(singing)

I saw her snatch a suitcase from the window
I held her but a moment in the rain (Here we go now!)
I kissed her as we headed towards the station
To see her brother Jack off of the train.

Person 1:Thank you, thank you.

Link again to the performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_y1uxMWKUsg

Help identifying the tune is appreciated.

Subject: RE: ADD: I Saw Her Snatch the Suitcase (PG13)
From: and e
Date: 29 Jun 23 - 07:48 AM

I saw her snatch her budget from the table,
I saw her butt a moment in the rain,
I saw her ass she hurried down the platform,
To see her brother Jack off on the train.

Text "B", Song No. 57. "I Saw Her Snatch", Pg 235, Unprintable Ozark Folksongs
and Folklore: Roll me in your arms, by Vance Randolph, edited & annotated
by G. Legman, 1992. Text with tune collected Jan 12, 1931.

Subject: RE: ADD: I Saw Her Snatch the Suitcase (PG13)
From: and e
Date: 29 Jun 23 - 07:50 AM

I saw her snatch her bonnet from the window,
I saw her butt a moment in the rain,
I saw her ass she hurried to the station
To see her brother Jack off the train.

Text "C", Song No. 57. "I Saw Her Snatch", Pg 236, Unprintable Ozark Folksongs
and Folklore: Roll me in your arms, by Vance Randolph, edited & annotated
by G. Legman, 1992. Song collected August 24, 1951. Informant learned in
Moberly, Missouri, in 1912.


I don't have access to the full book and Text "A" is unavailable to me.