Matthew Clapham
Oct 18, 2024

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I was thinking of this song just yesterday, prompted by the Oscar Mayer wieners in the local corner shop, and how horrific it seems now. I was debating with myself how egregious the word 'pure' in the line 'You must be sure that the girl is pure' really was. Whether just a lazily convenient rhyme, or genuinely 'cancel this now!' disturbing.

I was kind of thinking of writing something about it, but have an unfinished funeral song piece I need to deal with first. Trying to get my needle back in the groove with the writing.

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Matthew Clapham
Matthew Clapham

Written by Matthew Clapham

Professional translator by day. Writer of silly and serious stuff by night. Also by day, when I get fed up of tedious translations. Founder of Iberospherical.

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