Random Thoughts...

[6ixes&7evens]

I meet the most interesting people at the farm

[sounddumber]

im growin swine kush in my closet

[Osmosis Jones]

i don't even know any of your guy's facebook...

on another note, i found my friend's ps2 and gran turismo 4. picked up a sweet steering wheel for $50.

[crissyw]

so now you dont have to go to my house to play right?

the ps2 is all mine again!

[Osmosis Jones]

you never even invited me!

just realized we're fb friends...

[Guest jmatsu]

The Streets of Cairo, or the Poor Little Country Maid

The Streets of Cairo, or the Poor Little Country Maid is a well-known melody. In the United States. Alternate titles for children song using this melody include "The Girls in France", "The Southern Part of France."

Contents [hide]

1 History

2 Lyrics

3 Travadja La Moukère

4 The use of melody in popular music

5 Appearances in cartoons

6 Appearances in computer games

7 See also

8 External links

[edit]History

The song originally was purportedly written by Sol Bloom, a showman (and later, a U.S. Congressman) who was the entertainment director of the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893. It included an attraction called "A Street in Cairo" which featured snake charmers, camel rides and a scandalous dancer known as Little Egypt.

The first five notes of the song are similar to the beginning of a French song named "Colin Prend Sa Hotte" (1719), which in turn resembles note for note an Algerian or Arabic song titled "Kradoutja".[1]

The song appears frequently in cartoons when something that is connected with deserts, Arabia, Egypt, belly dancing, or snake charming is being displayed.

[edit]Lyrics

As with many songs often sung by children, there are wide variations to the common lyrics.

Variant #1

Oh the girls in France

Wear their whiskers in their pants

And the things they do

Would kill a Russian Jew

And the clothes they wear

Would freeze a polar bear.

Do what your mama says

And do what your papa says

But don't split your pants

Doing the Hootchy Kootchy Dance

Variant #2

Oh the girls in France did the hokey cokey dance

Singing Annie put your fanny close to mine:

Oh the girls in Spain did the very, very same

Singing Nellie put your belly close to mine.

Variant #3

There's a place in France where the naked ladies dance.

There's a hole in the wall where the men can see it all.

The way they shake is enough to kill a snake.

Variant #4 (Common in Britain)

There's a place in France where the naked ladies dance.

and the men play drums

on the naked ladies' bums !!

There are alternate endings of the final verse, including:

* But the men don't care 'cause they're in their underwear

* But the men don't care 'cause they like to see them bare

* But the men don't care 'cause they chew their underwear

Variant #5 (Common In United States)

There's a place in France where the naked ladies dance.

There's a hole in the wall where the boys can see it all.

But the ladies don't care 'cause they're in their underwear.

[edit]Travadja La Moukère

In France there is a popular song that immigrants from Algeria brought back in the 1960s called "Travadja La Moukère", which uses exactly the Hoochy Coochy tune. Its original tune, said to be based on an original Arab song, was created around 1850 and subsequently adopted by the Foreign Legion. Partial lyrics :

Travadja La Moukère

Travadja Bono

Trempe ton cul dans la soupière

Si c'est chaud c'est que ça brûle

Si ça brûle c'est que c'est chaud !

which variant do you like the most?

[panthermodern]

I'll just leave this here:

CNN reported on Obama's swagg(a)

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/cnn/swagga_like_tj_holmes_115299.asp?c=rss

[jeepster]

google

G_________________________oogle

[Jimbo69]

everytime i click this thread i am greeted with a white guy wearing a jade pendant

[larssss]

Sorry doesn't put thumbs on the hand Marge!

[m1sterko]

i do believe in abortion rights, but stuff like this gets to me

http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs029.snc1/4291_1085071920561_1039260124_30214307_6908580_n.jpg

(viewer discretion advised)

[samsikle]

i do believe in abortion rights, but stuff like this gets to me

http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs029.snc1/4291_1085071920561_1039260124_30214307_6908580_n.jpg

(viewer discretion advised)

omg i remember i was on a field trip in like middle school up to sf, protesters were parading that exact poster around. we were like omggggg wtf

[bouwnt]

ahh man, ^

i'm nor a doctor but was the rusty tongs really necessary:confused::confused:

[bouwnt]

FUCK WIT ME

[NatseOklim]

http://www.wrongnessincorporated.com/

NOT WORK SAFE!!

[newaesthetic]

I had one of these last night. Even if it meant heading way out of my way, in the rain, it was worth it:

[pieiskewl]

my bitch of an english teacher gave me a 25 / 75.0 = 33.33% on a part of a research project i've been getting consistent A+s so far, and although that doesn't mean I'm entitled to A's, but wow that's a shocker

fuck school

I was outside of the classroom at attendance when the teacher collected my paper, rather than say ask me to hand it to her. She made another student go through my binder and grab what they thought was my final copy for my paper, actually it was my rough draft. I got a D on the paper. And when I explained to her what happened, she said it was my fault for not being there when the papers were collected, and when I showed her my final copy she refused to change my grade because, "It'd be too much effort."

fuck school

[sistersuzie]

we got a nest!!! :cool:

[minou]

i'm bored as fuck.

[Osmosis Jones]

^

me too. but it's because i'm at work.

[minou]

^

me too. but it's because i'm at work.

that's why i decided to change my sig. new posterdad.

[ProfMonnitoff]

i watched la haine again because of the song stuck in your head thread

the line "cest toi la vache" still makes me burst out laughing every time

delivery is just perfect

now to find ma 6-t va crack-er

[sistersuzie]

^^good boy, good boy

[cyberPUNK]

fuck waking up before 1pm.

[Astérix]

i watched la haine again because of the song stuck in your head thread

the line "cest toi la vache" still makes me burst out laughing every time

delivery is just perfect

now to find ma 6-t va crack-er

Dang I just watched it in my French class. Always a banlieue concept.

[ProfMonnitoff]

sistersuzie please hook me up with ma 6-t va crack-er

i cant find it with english subs

i literally spent an hour online looking for it

i wish my french hadnt become so terrible

[Osmosis Jones]

^^good boy, good boy

reminds me of the movie old boy. confusing and intense. never watch when trippin'

[ProfMonnitoff]

going 'to the club' to 'hit on' some 'corny bitches'

wish me luck sufu

[sawyer]

dog in your sig looks a lot like you, money

[Oxy.]

30 more days left of school *sigh*

i'll be glad when it's over. i have some really annoying classmates, especially 1 person in particular.