umm. I don't know. I, in all innocence, took the poem at face value.
It appears to be about a maiden washing her hair. Now I've heard "I'm
washing my hair" as a euphemism for many things, but not the one you
seem to be implying here.
Roger
On 18/07/06, Patrick Mc Manus <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> This is not pubic hair is it ??
> P stern P
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Roger Day
> Sent: 17 July 2006 23:54
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> Subject: Re: Poem by other: Randy Newman
>
> I bought a book of lyrics and music called "Songs of a Village Girl".
> Lyrics of one song, 'Golden Hair', as follows:
>
> I, a young maiden, washed my hair,
> rinsed my light flaxen hair.
> I hung it to dry on a fir-tree
> put it out in the sun on an oak-tree,
> hung it to bleach on a pine-tree.
> The hair became golden on the fir,
> on the oak it got the colour of wood,
> on the pine it got the colour of milk.
>
> From my brief sampling of the tv, it seems still to be pretty strong.
> I only saw guitars being played. However
>
> techno techno techno techno
>
> seems to throb blindly over Parnu Mnt.
>
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