Subject: bodily

[Brian Hitchcock]

I have also heard the term 'bodily' used in the sense of 'carnally' ,
specifically, in this lyric from the song "Miss Morse" , 2001 (?) by the
music group Pearls Before Swine:

Oh dear, Miss Morse,
I want you
Oh yes, I do,
I want you.

This may strike you
Odd-i-ly
But I want you
Bodily.

The chorus follows, in Morse Code:
Dit-dit-dah-dit
Dit-dit-dah
Dah-dit-dah-dit
Dah-dit-dah
(look it up, it's a common four-letter word)

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