Joy, That ain't the way I heard it!! At least back in the day. In that "rotten little boy" stage of kid culture a long time ago - much longer than I care to talk about - the 1492 ditty went something like this - (titter, titter, giggle, giggle). Sorry - that was just to set the "rotten little boy" tone of things for the moment "In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue, He climbed the mast, Skinned his *ss, and, P**d all over the crew!" (titter, titter, giggle, giggle) That was the choice ditty of little boys to outrage and embarrass parents of the time. Regards, John Rodgers 88 GL Driver
Joy Hecht wrote: > This isn't even a practical question anyone might care about. It's a > totally silly question. > > You all know these words, I'm sure - at least everyone who was a child in > the US does: > > "in fourteen hundred ninety two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue" > > Does anyone know more than those lines, or the tune past those lines? Or > anything else about this song? > > I found myself explaining about it to a French friend - of course it isn't > part of French kid-culture - and got to wondering. I googled it, and found > a lot more words (here: http://columbus.vanderkrogt.net/song.html), but not > much more of interest. Though I didn't look very hard. > > And then I was wondering whether anyone else has ever even though about that > silly ditty for more than twenty seconds. Or whether anyone cares! > > > > > Joy > > > |
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