# Complete the words to this song

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-the-words-to-this-song/637218>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 9, 2012, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-the-words-to-this-song/637218 "2012-10-09T15:13:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-the-words-to-this-song/637218/1 "2012-10-09T15:13:48Z")

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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?

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**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-the-words-to-this-song/637218/2 "2012-10-09T15:17:47Z")

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It’s not ears, it’s balls.

ETA: You missed the intro:

They don’t wear pants in the southern part of France…

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**Author:** ![Bambro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/df705f/32.png) [@Bambro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambro)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-the-words-to-this-song/637218/3 "2012-10-09T15:17:52Z")

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…

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’

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-the-words-to-this-song/637218/4 "2012-10-09T15:19:42Z")

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> [@TriPolar](#):
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> It’s not ears, it’s balls.

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

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**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-the-words-to-this-song/637218/5 "2012-10-09T15:29:35Z")

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There’s another version without continental?

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-the-words-to-this-song/637218/6 "2012-10-09T15:33:00Z")

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> [@Leaffan](#):
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> There’s another version without continental?

Yes, I learned it as “cotton pickin’.”

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**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-the-words-to-this-song/637218/7 "2012-10-09T16:07:27Z")

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> [@tdn](#):
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> ETA: There’s a place in France where the women wear no pants

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!

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**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-the-words-to-this-song/637218/8 "2012-10-09T16:15:39Z")

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[Previous thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=530864)

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-the-words-to-this-song/637218/9 "2012-10-09T16:22:19Z")

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> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#):
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> [Previous thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=530864)

Interesting, thank you.