paper of/and pins

[Arnold Zwicky]

On Mar 3, 2009, at 6:37 AM, Jon Lighter wrote:

> Ha ha ha! Money is all!
> A woman's love is nothing at all!
> And I'll not marry you, you, you,
> And I'll not marry you!

extraordinary number of variants.

by the way, "paper of needles" is (not surprisingly) also attested,
but it doesn't have the song-worthy swing of "paper of pins".

arnold

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