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MMD Archives December 1996 1996.12.29 04 Prev  Next Re: "Questionable Words" on Rolls By Seth Weinstein interesting that "questionable" language appears on rolls and not records. I have an old QRS roll of "Chinatown My Chinatown", which has amongst the lyrics such references as "the chink with the lazy almond eye", looking around in apparently a stealthy manner. Also in this vein, Gilbert & Sullivan lyrics are frequently cleaned up, e.g., "The lady who pinches her figure is painted like a nigger with permanent walnut juice" is changed to "is painted with vigor", at least in recordings by the D'oyly Carte Co. The rolls do seem to have quite a free license, though. I think I'll scan some more. Seth Weinstein (Message sent Sun 29 Dec 1996, 20:04:29 GMT, from time zone GMT-0500.) Key Words in Subject:  Questionable, Rolls, Words

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