Hinky Dinky

[Jonathan Lighter]

Thanks so much!  I've collected scores of stanzas - but not this one!  It's even more interesting for being pre-WWII.

A number of stanzas evidently sung during WW I follow a similar pattern, e.g.:

                                   The Mademoiselle went over the top,
                                   To rob the doughboys as they dropped.

                                   The YMCA went over the top,
                                   They thought they heard a nickel drop.

The YMCA was the "USO" of WWI - except it charged for coffee, snacks, etc.


JL

sagehen <sagehen at WESTELCOM.COM> wrote:
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The first marine went over the top, parlez-vous
The second marine went over the top, parlez-vous
The third marine went over the top
Because he her heard her panties drop
Hinky-dinky parlez-vous.

Recalled by my WWII vet husband, from his childhood, not his infantry days.
A. Murie


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