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SONG CHALLENGE WINNER!
The Challenge: The 'song subject' for the great Easter Bonnet(?) Special
Challenge was this news story -- DATELINE: GRETNA, Louisiana -- The debate was serious.
The vote unanimous. The Gretna City Council says it's now legal in Louisiana to throw women's underwear from Carnival floats.
"So we're pro-panties -- it's on the record," joked one city councilman. However, it is still illegal to throw anything that is ". . . lewd or lascivious and includes, but is not limited to, condoms and inflatable paraphernalia."
The panty-throwing issue was pushed by protesting parade organizers. "If panties are . . . vulgar, why are they exposed in every department store in the nation?" asked one of the captains of the Elks Krewe of Gretna.
Another Mardi Gras group captain firmly agreed. "Panties have been a legitimate throw for Mardi Gras for years," he said.!
Panty Lady by Mbo
(Tune: Nobody's Child)
Mbo's Comments: See what you people have done! Now you've gone and corrupted my innocence!
And parodying ELO songs to boot! Oops...sorry to get so crotchety...
Panty Lady Panty Lady Panty Lady
Panty Lady Panty Lady Panty Lady
Panty Lady, don't get too close to me
Panty Lady, I can't take it, can't you see?
Panty Lady, why don't you leave me be?
Yeah....wo wo wo wo whoa...
Panty Lady, just throw me some beads
Panty Lady, keep on thy woman's weeds
Panty Lady, underwear your body needs
Yeah...wo wo wo wo whoa-oh
Panty Lady, with your shiny red lip gloss
Panty Lady, please don't your panties toss
Panty Lady, your bum would count it a loss
Yeah...wo wo wo wo whoa-oh
New Orleans child, why couldn't you just have smiled?
Panty Lady, New Orleans child
Why'd you have to throw your Hanes?
New Orleans child, look at me and see what you've done
Panty Lady, New Orleans child
Now I got those loving pains!
Yeah...whoa..
Panty Lady Panty Lady Panty Lady
Panty Lady Panty Lady Panty Lady...
(Abruptly morphs into "Illusions In G-String Major")
Matthew Richards (2000)