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Subject:
off-color songs of past generations
Category: Arts and Entertainment > Music Asked by: seakinginfo-ga List Price: $10.00 |
Posted:
23 Feb 2006 21:30 PST
Expires: 25 Mar 2006 21:30 PST Question ID: 700242 |
Apparently there was once an off-color song which began with the line: "Dancy dancy diddle de de, the mousey married the bumble bee...." The story in my family is that it was sung by a grandfather named Frank. No one ever learned the rest of the song because as soon as he got that far, grandmother would yell "FRANK!!!!" and he would stop singing.... My father has told the story many times, and I would like to locate the rest of the lyrics for him, as he is now the grandfather. Thanks! |
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Re: off-color songs of past generations
From: hardtofindbooks-ga on 23 Feb 2006 23:16 PST |
There seem to be sevaral variations of this as a nursery rhyme for example http://www.bbc.co.uk/schoolradio/earlylearning/listenandplay_summer06_programme05.shtml see http://messybeast.com/nursery.htm for some discussion It may have just been a rude version of this rhyme. I have been through my library (some of which is still unpacked from a move)and have been unable to locate the Opie's Lore and Language of Schoolchildren which may well have something on it. If I discover anything more I will let you know. |
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Re: off-color songs of past generations
From: seakinginfo-ga on 23 Feb 2006 23:53 PST |
Thanks, hardtofindbooks! |
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Re: off-color songs of past generations
From: hardtofindbooks-ga on 25 Feb 2006 22:18 PST |
Hi again this paper mentions a couple of variants and is interesting as an overview of how this kind of rhyme or song can evolve: http://cjtm.icaap.org/content/18/v18art6.html |
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