Yeah, the lyrics "do your chain hang low do it wobble do and fro can you tie it in a knot can you tie it in a bow" are a reference to people-catching. Fun fact. Not many people know this.
When I was a kid, someone falsely reported me to the Dairy Police, and those bastards would hunt me down every summer, daily, and force me to eat a Dilly Bar. This went on for years until I was finally able to move to a remote Alaskan town.
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Now they have trust issues.
The song at was based on a racist song from 1830s
Based an Irish song from the 1800s
Sampled from a ballet from the 1795
Instead people started flocking to listen to the racist version
(I knew it from Animaniacs)
Once parlors stopped singing it and carts used music boxes it became less and less known.
By the 60s-70s no one even knew it as a racist song. All meaning was lost
/They prefer toed footwear.
i’ve taken ownership of so many cool items because of this, like cars and little pets
You scream…
We all scream…
R U N.
- Steven Wright
God, I hate ice cream