"Cock"

[Wilson Gray]

On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 9:49 PM, Jonathan Lighter
<wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/brazils.htm#fam
>

As I was reading the song, _Barbary - also _Barbara_? Allan_, I came
across the phrase,

"… look over in yonders field"

Connoisseurs of the blues will be reminded of the blues phrase,


"Look over yonders wall…"

Quelle coincidence!


BTW, what's the deal with

"… high, low, jack, and the game"

I've read this phrase in literature and heard it in the media since
forever. There was once a singing group that called itself,

"High, Low, Jack, and The Dame"

an obvious pun.

The phrase appears to be an obscure, IME, reference to an obscure,
IME, card game.

Help a brother out, y'all.

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-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint
to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
-Mark Twain

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