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Garamond | 15:23 Tue 25th Jul 2006 | Music
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There's a type of song, usually sung as a folk song, where the ending word of one line suddenly becomes the first word of the next (usually very funny and a bit risque) - something like SWEET VIOLETS though a lot funnier. Does anyone know what this is called and hopefully some examples?
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The one that me and my mates always sung was:

�I took my Granny to the station, to see a steam train shunt
A bit of coal came flying out and hit her in the�..
Country girls are pretty, country girls are slick
I sat a country girl on my knee and she played with my�..
Dick was a bulldog, sitting on the grass, a long came a bee and stung him up the�..
Ask no questions, tell no lies, I saw a china man doing up his��.
Flies are nuisance, fleas are worse, this is the end of my silly little verse.�

Isn't it amazing how we remember such inane sh*te!!

I don't know what they call the style of music though.


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That's terrific Big Dog. EXACTLY what I meant. Thank you.
And congratulations on getting it past the AB censor!
I've only ever heard this one, didnt realise there were others like it!
Edinburgh castle, stands upon a rock, if you want to see it, you must show your...
Cocktails ginger-ales, 2and6 a glass, if you dont like it, shove it up your...
Ask no questions, tells no lies, if you keep your big mouth shut, you will catch no flies.

Any others?
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Thanks fellas. Didn't know we had so many poet laureates among us.

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