[Dixielandjazz] Song Lyrics

RAHBerry at aol.com RAHBerry at aol.com
Thu Feb 13 15:35:31 PST 2003


I can't believe no one has submitted "I ain't gonna give nobody none of my jelly roll."  "I'm not going to give anyone any of my jelly roll" just doesn't have the same ring to it.

And then there's "See See Rider, see what you done done."
"SSR, see what you have done."  No poetry there.





In a message dated 2/13/2003 3:34:44 PM Eastern Standard Time, horton4jaz at earthlink.net writes:

> 
> 
> 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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