Maryanne All day, all night, Maryanne Down by seaside, catchin' fish Water from her pom-pom would float a boat Hair around her pom-pom would tie a goat... Well we got it already, and it cost no money. It is softer than jelly, and it's sweeter than honey... Said the mule to me donkey "Sidler-boy, don' you molest me. Donkey, Ho! Don' you trouble my tail, I tell you." Well I went down to the city, to circumcise me donkey, And on the way me donkey met a mule. Said the mule to me donkey "Sidler-boy, don' you molest me. Donkey, Ho! don' you trouble me tail. I tell you." For you're nothing but a donkey. And the same old donkey. I don' love no donkey if he ain' got no money..." Said the mule to me donkey "Sidler-boy, don' you molest me, Donkey, Ho! Don' you trouble my tail, I tell you." Well I went down to the city, wid me uncle Willie, And on the way me uncle met a girl. Said the girl to me uncle "Sidler-boy, don' you molest me. Uncle Ho! Don' you trouble me dress, I tell you." "For you're nothing but an uncle, and the same old uncle. I don' love no uncle, if he ain' got no money." Said the girl to me uncle "Sidler-boy, don' you molest me. Uncle Ho! Don' you trouble me dress, I tell you." All day, all night, Maryanne Down by seaside, catchin' fish Water from her pom-pom would float a boat Hair around her pom-pom would tie a goat... There is a more frequently sung, cleaner version in Folksongs of the Carribean I learned this one 43 years ago in Washington Square. I found it unforgetta ble; The lovely, lyric quality of the air combined with the explicit, although sometimes abstruse sexuality of the verses was a grabber. EL
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