What is a friend?

Sundae · 12-06-2012, 02:34 PM

All I know is the old East End ditty, "I got a luvverly buncha coconuts.."
I know a lot of them.
Some more potent than others - Grandad used to sing this to us (being fairly innocuous)

Merv Griffin's version.
Blimey he sounds posh!

My favourite went:

All of a sudden
A dirty great pudding
Went flying through the air
Aimed at my brother
It hit my poor mother
And knocked her off the chair

Now

Ain't it a pity
She's only one titty to bash against the wall...?

Was possibly a parody or a rude song to a common tune.
In later years it reminded me of the songs the proles sang in 1984. I can't help but wonder if Orwell based them on those.

ETA - Added second song before I read IM's reply.

12-06-2012, 02:34 PM	#11
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	All I know is the old East End ditty, "I got a luvverly buncha coconuts.." I know a lot of them. Some more potent than others - Grandad used to sing this to us (being fairly innocuous) Merv Griffin's version. Blimey he sounds posh! My favourite went: All of a sudden A dirty great pudding Went flying through the air Aimed at my brother It hit my poor mother And knocked her off the chair Now Ain't it a pity She's only one titty to bash against the wall...? Was possibly a parody or a rude song to a common tune. In later years it reminded me of the songs the proles sang in 1984. I can't help but wonder if Orwell based them on those. ETA - Added second song before I read IM's reply. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac Last edited by Sundae; 12-06-2012 at 02:44 PM.

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