[Dixielandjazz] Song Lyrics

Bill Horton horton4jaz at earthlink.net
Thu Feb 13 12:34:44 PST 2003


 on 2/12/03 6:43 PM, Bob Romans at cellblk7 at attbi.com wrote:
>
> > May I invite the submission of grammatically incorrect titles and/or
lyrics
> > along with their "correct" renditions . . .
> >
> > "Ain't misbehavin'"  = "I'm not acting Inappropriatly"
> >
> > "I ain't gonna tell nobody" = "I won't tell anyone"
> >
> > "Who can I turn to?" = "Whom can I turn to?"
> >
> > etc.

But perhaps "Who can I turn to?" would be, more correctly, "To whom can I
resort?"

And:
"Your feet's too big" = "Your pedal extremities are exceedingly large."

Bill Horton





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