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23 Apr 13 - 09:13 AM (#3507655) Subject: Lyr Req: Bawdy 'Reuben, Reuben' From: GUEST,Bob Coltman When I was about 7 years old in rural eastern Pennsylvania, I heard this from a playmate: Reuben, Reuben, I've been thinkin' What the hell have you been drinkin'? If the world was made of glass, You'd go sliding on your ass. Anyone else remember bawdy verses to this song? Bob Coltman |
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23 Apr 13 - 09:16 AM (#3507657) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bawdy 'Reuben, Reuben' From: GUEST,Bob Coltman And yes, I am aware of "Virgin Sturgeon" (It's in the DT). But I'm specifically looking for bawdy verses that start: "Reuben, Reuben ..." Bob |
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29 Apr 13 - 09:13 PM (#3510325) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bawdy 'Reuben, Reuben' From: GUEST,Bob Coltman bump |
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30 Apr 13 - 12:06 PM (#3510439) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bawdy 'Reuben, Reuben' From: Lighter Just so you know someone's noticing, I've never run across this. Are you sure the singer hadn't just made it up? |
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30 Apr 13 - 04:34 PM (#3510519) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bawdy 'Reuben, Reuben' From: GUEST My childhood version had the final couplet Looks like whiskey, tastes like wine Oh my god, it's turpentine. |
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01 May 13 - 08:16 AM (#3510656) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bawdy 'Reuben, Reuben' From: GUEST,Bob Coltman Thanks, Guest! And yes, Lighter, I'd begun to think no one else had ever heard any such verses. Very relieved to find that others have. Anyone else? The more's the merrier! Bob |
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01 May 13 - 08:26 AM (#3510659) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bawdy 'Reuben, Reuben' From: GUEST,Derrick http://www.kididdles.com/lyrics/r029.html A polite version appears on the above site. |
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01 May 13 - 11:43 AM (#3510710) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bawdy 'Reuben, Reuben' From: Mick Pearce (MCP) The first line seems to be derived from: Reuben and Rachel and seems to have given rise to several variations on the theme of your lines. See for example the spoofs here (half-way down the page): Reuben, Reuben. (also sometimes Rubin, Rubin). Mick |
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16 May 17 - 06:25 PM (#3855484) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bawdy 'Reuben, Reuben' From: GUEST Reuben Reuben I been thinkin, what the hell have you been drinkin, smells like whiskey tastes like wine oh! my god it turpentine! That's the way I learned it maybe 60 years ago |
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23 Mar 19 - 03:32 PM (#3984179) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bawdy 'Reuben, Reuben' From: GUEST,Guest Reuben, Reuben I've been thinkin, what you did the other day, Poured hot water on the chicken, made her lay a soft boiled egg. |
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23 Mar 19 - 08:20 PM (#3984211) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bawdy 'Reuben, Reuben' From: Stewie Ed Cray ('Erotic Muse') noted that the tune for 'Reuben Reuben' is used for 'Caviar comes from virgin sturgeon' and 'The Winnipeg Whore'. Vance Randolph ('Unprintable') also noted its use for 'Winnipeg Whore' but neither Cray nor Randolph give any bawdy verses for the song 'Reuben Reuben' itself. --Stewie. |
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04 May 19 - 04:40 PM (#3990739) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bawdy 'Reuben, Reuben' From: GUEST,J.S. A slightly different version I heard more than sixty years ago went: “ Rubin,Rubin I’ve been thinking If this world were made of glass All the people in creation Would go sliding on their ass”. This was from a doctor who lived up the street from us in the small Pennsylvania town where I spent my early childhood. |
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25 Aug 19 - 07:19 PM (#4005866) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bawdy 'Reuben, Reuben' From: GUEST Jascha Kesler ...my memory from 1930s, jump-rope song:..if the world was made of glass, all the people in creation would go sliding on their as..,,kme questions, I'll tell you no lies... but I forget what follows "lies," |
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26 Aug 19 - 11:09 AM (#4005913) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bawdy 'Reuben, Reuben' From: Bill D I vaguely remember a version that is not bawdy, but rather is racist and not a bit politically correct. The tune and format are just too easy to write verses to. |
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27 Aug 19 - 12:55 PM (#4006049) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bawdy 'Reuben, Reuben' From: GUEST,Starship https://ca.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080527133912AA2TZT9&guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8 Lincoln, Lincoln . . . |
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27 Aug 19 - 12:58 PM (#4006050) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bawdy 'Reuben, Reuben' From: GUEST,Starship More talk about it here. |