Maybe "What is a Mammy Daddy" should have been "What is a Mammy, Daddy?"etc. I presume it went on to ask why he/she didn't have a mother??? My mother used to sing sad songs to me, she said, just to watch my lower lip start to tremble! (When I was a toddler, I hasten to add) Josephine K. ----- Original Message ----- From: Dave Jassie <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 10:13 AM Subject: Fw: [THEATRE-UK] Topics for discussion > Elaine wrote - > > Apart from Row Row Row I don`t but have you heard of a song about a > man > > called John taking his baby who was called Skinny Liz, also a song > called > > Standing on the Platform, and some really morbid songs called I wonder > yes I > > wonder and What is a Mammy Daddy > > > > Elaine > > I've not heard of 'Skinny Liz' or 'Standing on the Platform' > My wife's mother and her mother used to sing 'What is a Mammy Daddy, > everyone's got one but me' to their children would you believe!! > When you think back, there were some really sad songs about. > 'Little Pal' and 'I wonder who's kissing her now' spring to mind > Regards, > Dave Jassie - List Administrator for - > THEATRE-UK-L > NIR-ARMAGH-L > JASSIE-L > [email protected] > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jassie/ - THEATRE-UK Web site > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nirarm/ - ARMAGH Web site > > Greetings from Lincoln, England > > > > > ==== THEATRE-UK Mailing List ==== > Please avoid posting Virus warnings, seasonal greetings > and private 'chit-chat' to the list. Some subscribers have > to pay for their Internet connection by the minute. > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > >