feed of what???

[Michael McKernan]

Sounds to me like it could be a replacement for "feet over arse"

-Michael McKernan
Benson, Arizona

>
> > At 11:22 AM -0400 10/22/09, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> > >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>
> > >
> > There was a posting about this song, and verse, on the Straight Dope
> > message board, but without relevant clarification:
> > http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=189398
> >
> > and 11 actual (which apparently counts as "about 3,800") hits on
> > google for "feed of arse" without the sycamore restriction, but I'm
> > not sure any resolve the query.
> >
> > LH
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