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Originally Posted by Stitchawl
Actually... most folks never realized it, but they were singing about a mulatto prostitute! If my primary school music teacher learned this she'd be turning over in her grave!
Stitchawl
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Originally Posted by Bilbo1967
Well there you go. I always thought it was about a flower. How naive am I (but I bet I'm not alone).
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Well the second line was changed to remove the racial references, to the more palatable "She's the sweetest little flower....", so I guess you are excused for assuming that's what it was about.