"dungarees"

[Mark Mandel]

On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 8:44 AM, Damien Hall <djh514 at york.ac.uk> wrote:
> Just got the following from Paul Johnston - it looks like it was meant for
> the whole list.
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2009 06:37:46 -0600
> From: Paul <paulzjoh at mtnhome.com>
> To: djh514 at york.ac.uk
> Subject: Re: "dungarees"
>
> Don't forget "Dungaree Doll" a 1956 hit for Eddie Fisher and Jerry Lee Lewis

OMG. You just brought (nearly) the whole thing back to me. I'm singing
it as I type it line by line. From memory.

I want a dungaree doll, dungaree doll,
Dressed in a shirt and dungarees
...
...
...

I want a dungaree doll, dungaree doll,
Paint my initials on her sleeve
So everyone can see
that she belongs to me
forever, forever, forever.

I'm tired of a doll in a dress and a bonnet
With no one's initials painted on it.
I want a doll that everyone can see
Wears an orange sweater and belongs to me.

I want a dungaree doll, dungaree doll,
I want a dungaree, dungaree doll,
Dungaree, dungaree,
Dungaree, dungaree doll.

There goes my concentration for the rest of the day.

Mark Mandel

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