titty

[Joel S. Berson]

At 8/30/2010 10:35 AM, Ronald Butters wrote:
>I vaguely recall a childish joke from years ago
>that characterized the Lone Ranger's Theme Song
>(the opening of "William Tell Overture") as
>("rump-titty-rump-titty-rump rump rum"). at the
>time, this was intended to be risqué.

Isn't "titty" one of the standard "words" used to describe drum patterns?

Joel

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