From ad@dcs.st-and.ac.uk Fri Apr 19 03:26:41 1996 Return-Path: ad@dcs.st-and.ac.uk Received: from tamdhu (tamdhu.dcs.st-and.ac.uk [138.251.192.40]) by mizar.usc.edu (8.7.2/8.7.2/usc) with SMTP id DAA07289 for ; Fri, 19 Apr 1996 03:26:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from grant.dcs.st-and.ac.uk by tamdhu (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA05626; Fri, 19 Apr 96 11:25:57 BST Received: from [138.251.192.26] (bruichladdich) by grant.dcs.st-and.ac.uk (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA05174; Fri, 19 Apr 96 11:25:55 BST X-Sender: ad@talisker Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 11:24:49 +0200 To: rhubarb@nicoh.com (Jim McWilliam) From: ad@dcs.st-and.ac.uk (Tony Davie) Subject: Dirty Verses Cc: cray@bcf.usc.edu Status: RO X-Status: A Hi Jim, I've been looking at the Bawdy Songs in Ken's archive and, under the assumption that you feed him stuff in the same way as the limericks, here are some extras for you to pass on to him: Abdul Abulbul Emir (extra verses) The peasants did shout when the announcement came out in an ad in the Gulf Gazetteer and plunged into debt to get in their bet on Abdul Abulbul Emir For Abdul would ride with his bride by his side, his face all flushed with desire; he had it decried that he could outride Count Ivan Skavinsky Skavar It was only the Jews who wagered he'd lose with the slander their prince was a queer; but the rest of the Persians would believe no perversions of Abdul Abulbul Emir Count Ivan agreed, Prince Abdul agreed, to compete in the city's bazaar; ten merchants were shot, to secure a clear spot for Abdul and Ivan Skavar. ... The Sultan rode by with a wide open fly expecting the women to cheer, but all eyes were fixed on the two massive pricks of Ivan and Abdul Emir. Czar Petrovich II attended the do, with a telescope watched from afar, while one of his band pulled him off in the sand as a tribute to Ivan Skavar. ... The harlots were shorn, no frenchies were worn; Abdul's arse revved up like a car; but he couldn't compete with the long even beat of Ivan Skavinsky Skavar. ... [Alternate verse] The harlots turned green and the men shouted 'Queen!' - they were ordered apart by the Czar - but alas they were stuck; it was jolly bad luck for Ivan Skavinsky Skavar. They needed a crane, a tractor and chain to rescue the unfortunate peer; Ivan said in a huff, 'I've had quite enough of this Abdul Abulbul Emir ... The moral, dear friend, of this pitiful end is plain for all who hear: when seeking your bit, don't get stuck in the shit like Abdul Abulbul Emir (From The World's Best Dirty Songs by Don Laycock) A Note about 'The Ball of Ballynoor'. Ballynoor [Ballynure] is in Ireland and you can't come 'down from Inverness' which is in Scotland to Ballynoor. The place is KIRRIEMUIR and I INSIST that 'The Ball of Kirriemuir' is the correct title. Everyone I know agrees with me on this and indeed before looking at the archive I'd never even heard of it as Ballynoor. To reinforce the argument, the chorus which is in Ken's archive: Wha'l do ye las' nicht, wha'l do ye noo, The one tha' do ye las' nicht canna do ye noo. is not only Scottish dialect, but it's ABERDEEN/ANGUS dialect! By the way, Kirriemuir is not more than 40 miles from here but I'm not biased!! I send you the whole of the version in Don Laycock's book and leave you to sort out the extra verses. It has a prissy 'anglified' chorus. I think the above is better. Damn! The scanner is being used by others. I'll send it you later. Cheers _____ / /\ Tony Davie Computer Science / / \ Tel: +44 1334 463257 St.Andrews University / / \ Fax: +44 1334 463278 North Haugh / / /\ \ ad@dcs.st-and.ac.uk St.Andrews / / / \ \ Scotland / / /\ \ \ KY16 9SS / / / \