"dungarees"

[Bill Palmer]

I recall it being:

"Dungaree Doll, Dungaree Doll, I'll hang your picture on my wall,

So everyone in town will know we go around together, together, together"

and then the rest is just too hazy


Bill Palmer
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From: "Mark Mandel" <thnidu at GMAIL.COM>
To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 11:40 AM
Subject: Re: "dungarees"


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> 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.
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>> 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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