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Do, do, do, do, do, Deggy, Deggy house a go burn down, do, De Gay. Deggy whé you would a do dé do, De Gay? Deggy dood an' doodess do, De Gay. Deggy go roun', Deggy do Degay. An' a cutchy fe Deggy do Degay, an' a wheel an' let go do, De Gay. Deggy house a burn down do, De Gay. |
The boy inside the ring "makes all sort of flourish," dancing and posturing by himself. The word "cutchy" is accompanied by a deep curtsey, on rising from which he takes a girl out of the ring and wheels her. Deggy or Degay, has occurred already in [No. LVII]. Whether it is his own house that is burning, or somebody else's, it is impossible to conjecture. Observe the varying accent on the name. In taking down this song I first wrote "doodan doodess," thinking they were nonsense words suggested by the repetition of do, do, do, but on asking further about them was told that "dood" is a "risky beau-man," a smart well-dressed young fellow. So it is the American "dude" and its female counterpart "dudess" which here take the place of the usual "gal and boy."
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The latter we find in:
