America's First Rap Song

[David Bowie]

From:    Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at YAHOO.COM>

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>   _He's_ fly enough to shut up every boozing ken;

Okay, i know how i would read this nowadays, were it a modern rhyme.
What'd "fly" mean back then, though?

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David, who also probably wildly misread "mounting my prad"
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David Bowie                                         http://pmpkn.net/lx
     Jeanne's Two Laws of Chocolate: If there is no chocolate in the
     house, there is too little; some must be purchased. If there is
     chocolate in the house, there is too much; it must be consumed.

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