escape goat

[Wilson Gray]

On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 4:20 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
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> does


Dialect clash: "nannies" and not "does."

AFAIK, there is no connection whatsoever between this "nanny" and the
word for rich people's baby-sitters.

A hide-and-(go-)seek call:

One for the money!
Two fie to show!
All that ain't hid
Holler
Nanny-billy goat!

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