Hey Diddle Lyrics Question
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so, I've been listening to Hey Diddle (both the album and the Scotland versions) and there is a part which I hear like (and all of the lyrics sites seem to agree with me) "I wouldn't make her, Her wouldn't table." which doesn't make any bit of sense
does anyone have any idea what this means ? (or if anyone thinks that lyrics are different ?) thanks in advance -
Check in a lyrics site... I wouldn't make her I wasn't able I wouldn't care Sure does sound like table though.
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I thought it was " WOODEN TABLE "
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I've always loved this song... like the fiddle : ) and banging on other assorted items! I wouldn't make her, her wooden table I always had the impression Linda wanted a wooden table for some reason?
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wingsdgm:
I thought it was " WOODEN TABLE "
I think you're right! There is no way he sings what that lyric site said! I think it's: I wouldn't make her Her wooden table I wouldn't care It's a play on words--"wooden" & "wouldn't" that he & John were so famous for ("This One"/"The Swan") Remember how Paul was always making stuff like a couch out of wooden crates? (at the farm in Scotland)
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This is so cute:
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Nancy R:
This is so cute:
Love this. Linda's harmonies on the wooden table part are so good.
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'I wouldn't make her a wooden table'
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Well with other examples of cockney slang, such as Dustbin Lid, Put it there if it weighs a ton, Dickey Bird, etc, I'm not so quick to write off lyrics that I don't really get right off the bat...Not saying this is another example of that...but I never knew the examples I threw out there were and I felt silly after finding out there is something legitimate to their meaning (although Dustbin Lid is still a tough one to swallow...LOL)
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And let's not forget "In eggshell seas" / "In excelsis"!
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so it is just a use of the similarity in sound between "wouldn't" and "wooden" ? Fair enough, however, the question remains. What does "I wouldn't make her wooden table" mean ? (I think that the double "her"s are there to help with the melody.) At first, I had thought this was an idiom like "to make someone's table" but this doesn't seem to be the case.
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love2travel:
I've always loved this song... like the fiddle : ) and banging on other assorted items! I wouldn't make her, her wooden table I always had the impression Linda wanted a wooden table for some reason?
Listening with headphones on just now, I hear..."I wouldn't make her...Her wooden table". Sounds like they're trying to resolve a small domestic issue.
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My guess is it's just playing around with the words, just supposed to be lighthearted despite the appearance of negativity, like that children's song where you sing, "I don't know why she swallowed the fly / Perhaps she'll die," not to mention "Down will come baby, cradle, and all." Terribly frightening if you think about them!
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Also, in the Scotland Rehearsal version
Paul forgets to do that part. Linda reminds him (around 2.13) by saying something. I hear that something as "Wouldn't she make you a wooden table?" but I am not not sure I am however, sure that she's not telling him the lyrics, but something diffrent and also related. (I think it's in the question form.)
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SurSteven:
love2travel:
I've always loved this song... like the fiddle : ) and banging on other assorted items! I wouldn't make her, her wooden table I always had the impression Linda wanted a wooden table for some reason?
Listening with headphones on just now, I hear..."I wouldn't make her...Her wooden table". Sounds like they're trying to resolve a small domestic issue.
That's how I hear it
After all, Paul was quite the handyman in those days! There's that photo of him fixing the hole on the roof... maybe the rain was getting in 
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rich n:
Well with other examples of cockney slang, such as Dustbin Lid, Put it there if it weighs a ton, **** Bird, etc, I'm not so quick to write off lyrics that I don't really get right off the bat...Not saying this is another example of that...but I never knew the examples I threw out there were and I felt silly after finding out there is something legitimate to their meaning (although Dustbin Lid is still a tough one to swallow...LOL)
What was the word they censored? Black? -
Nancy R:
rich n:
Well with other examples of cockney slang, such as Dustbin Lid, Put it there if it weighs a ton, **** Bird, etc, I'm not so quick to write off lyrics that I don't really get right off the bat...Not saying this is another example of that...but I never knew the examples I threw out there were and I felt silly after finding out there is something legitimate to their meaning (although Dustbin Lid is still a tough one to swallow...LOL)
What was the word they censored? Black? 
No I think it may be something that rhymes with hickey bird, cockney slang for "word" from "She's Given Up Talking. Or Tom **** and Harry to get the word... -
love2travel:
Nancy R:
rich n:
Well with other examples of cockney slang, such as Dustbin Lid, Put it there if it weighs a ton, **** Bird, etc, I'm not so quick to write off lyrics that I don't really get right off the bat...Not saying this is another example of that...but I never knew the examples I threw out there were and I felt silly after finding out there is something legitimate to their meaning (although Dustbin Lid is still a tough one to swallow...LOL)
What was the word they censored? Black? No I think it may be something that rhymes with hickey bird, cockney slang for "word" from "She's Given Up Talking. Or Tom **** and Harry to get the word...That's the word/song in question - I never even noticed that got censored...I just posted on the run...LOL
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rich n:
love2travel:
Nancy R:
rich n:
Well with other examples of cockney slang, such as Dustbin Lid, Put it there if it weighs a ton, **** Bird, etc, I'm not so quick to write off lyrics that I don't really get right off the bat...Not saying this is another example of that...but I never knew the examples I threw out there were and I felt silly after finding out there is something legitimate to their meaning (although Dustbin Lid is still a tough one to swallow...LOL)
What was the word they censored? Black? No I think it may be something that rhymes with hickey bird, cockney slang for "word" from "She's Given Up Talking. Or Tom **** and Harry to get the word...That's the word/song in question - I never even noticed that got censored...I just posted on the run...LOL
Can we mention Dick Clark?
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rich n:
love2travel:
Nancy R:
rich n:
Well with other examples of cockney slang, such as Dustbin Lid, Put it there if it weighs a ton, **** Bird, etc, I'm not so quick to write off lyrics that I don't really get right off the bat...Not saying this is another example of that...but I never knew the examples I threw out there were and I felt silly after finding out there is something legitimate to their meaning (although Dustbin Lid is still a tough one to swallow...LOL)
What was the word they censored? Black? No I think it may be something that rhymes with hickey bird, cockney slang for "word" from "She's Given Up Talking. Or Tom **** and Harry to get the word...That's the word/song in question - I never even noticed that got censored...I just posted on the run...LOL
Can we mention **** Clark?
I should have remembered that - I participated in a thread about celebrities who passed away down in the 'Talk more Talk' forum and had this very issue when Dick Clark's name was mentioned after his passing
