WHOA BACK, GEE BACK (bawdy song)

09 Feb 23 - 03:33 PM (#4164707)
Subject: WHOA BACK, GEE BACK (teasing bawdy song)
From: Jack Horntip

WHOA BACK, GEE BACK.

I took my girl out fishing,
In a think they call a punt
The line got tangled round her legs,
And the hook went up her
Whoa Back, Gee Back,
Come and get your money back,
You know what I mean,
The birds fly high, the birds fly low,
The birds fly in between.

I took my girl to the races,
I sat her in a box,
And all the soldiers pass said
"I Bet she's go the "
Whoa back, Gee back etc.

I too my girl to the pictures,
We sat down in the stalls.
She must have got excited,
Cos she grabbed me by the
Whoa back, Gee back etc.

I took my girl to the theatre,
We sat down in the pit,
Before the show was half way through,
I'd grabbed her by the
Whoa back, Gee back etc.

I took my girl to a restaurant,
On the menu there was duck,
She said she'd rather go upstairs,
And have a stand-up
Whoa back, Gee Back,
Come and get your money back etc.

Text from Mess Songs and Rhymes of the R.A.A.F., 1939-1945. page 33.

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09 Feb 23 - 04:33 PM (#4164715)
Subject: RE: WHOA BACK, GEE BACK (bawdy song)
From: Jack Horntip

I took my girl a-fishing
In a boat they call a punt
The line got tangled round her leg
The hood it got caught in her

Wee back gee back
Come and get your money back
You know what I mean
The birds fly high
The birds fly low
But I fly between

I took my girl to the risers [?]
I stood her on the box
Sailors passing by said
She had the

Wee back gee back
Come and get your money back
You know what I mean
The birds fly high
The birds fly low
But I fly between

I took my girl to the station
To see the engine shunt
A bit of coal if flew out the hole
And hit her in the

Wee back gee back
Come and get your money back
You know what I mean
The birds fly high
The birds fly low
But I fly between

Transcribed from the singing on this recording: https://www.tiktok.com/@donnysdailyditties/video/7143211866850921730

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09 Feb 23 - 04:40 PM (#4164716)
Subject: RE: WHOA BACK, GEE BACK (bawdy song)
From: Jack Horntip

Compare the "shunt" part to this rhyme:

I took my wife to the station to see the engine's shunt
a pice of steel fell off the wheel and hit her in the,
country girls are nice country girls are sweet
country girls sit on your knee and fiddle with your,
willy was a bulldog lying in the grass
along came a bumble bee and stung him up the.
ask no question's tell no lie's
have you ever seen a policeman pulling up his,
fly's are nuisance gnat's are worse
this is the end of my silly little verse.

Retrieved from here: https://www.planetfigure.com/threads/english-folk-song.67515/#post-692145.

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11 Feb 23 - 10:45 AM (#4164854)
Subject: RE: WHOA BACK, GEE BACK (bawdy song)
From: GUEST,and e (no cookie)

The tune for "I took my girl a-fishing..." found on the video

https://www.tiktok.com/@donnysdailyditties/video/7143211866850921730

This tune is the same, I think, as "Miss Lucy had a Baby..."

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