Do your ears hang low?
Do they wobble to and fro?
Can you tie 'em in a knot?
Can you tie 'em in a bow?
Can you throw them over you shoulder(s)
Like a…
And what does that mean, anyway?
It’s not ears, it’s balls.
ETA: You missed the intro:
They don’t wear pants in the southern part of France…
…
like a continental soldier (I always assumed referring to the rifle on the shoulder)
BTW, the way I heard the song as a child was ‘Do your balls hang low’
I was singing it with friends this weekend, and we did ears, boobs, cock, and (pussy) lips.
And it was continental, unlike how I learned it as a kid.
ETA: There’s a place in France where the women wear no pants
There’s another version without continental?
Yes, I learned it as “cotton pickin’.”
Or Ke$ha’s version:
There’s a place downtown
Where the freaks all come around
It’s a hole in the wall
It’s a dirty free-for-all
And they turn me on
When they take it off
When they take it off
Everybody take it off!
Interesting, thank you.