[78-L] 'Gay'.

[David Lennick]

Farming may be the only song (at least from this period) where the word is used 
with both meanings! Georgie's bull is gay, and Farming..makes 'em feel more 
glamorous and more gay.

dl

Michael Shoshani wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-01-26 at 00:51 -0500, David Lennick wrote:
>> Don't inquire of Georgie Raft/Why his cow has never calfed/Georgie's bull is 
>> beautiful but he's gay. Forgot about that lyric. Danny Kaye on Columbia (he 
>> sang it in the show) and Mary Jane Walsh on LMS. 
> 
> Then there's "gay" as in nonchalant and carefree, in that
> recalled-and-supressed Mills Brothers paeon to the Works Progress
> Administration:
> 
> Don't mind the boss if he's cross when you're gay,
> He'll get his pink slip next month anyway,
> Three little letters that make life okay -
> W. P. A.
> 
> MS