feed of what???

[Jonathan Lighter]

There is a ribald song about Aladdin sung widely in the Royal Navy for the
past sixty-odd years that employs the following refreain:


Fa la la la, fa la la lee,

Sixteen annas, one rupee,

Feed of arse up a sycamore tree,

Poor bugger Janner!



Remarkable, wot?  "Janner" is a West Countryman, a name often used in
reference to Plymouth dockyard workers. But nobody seems to know what "feed
of arse" means.



 Or do they>



JL

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