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Spiders in the bunches
Spiders in the bunches
Biting can spell death
Biting can spell death
Trading post in Mosambasa
Trading post in Mozamb. Bassa
Seventeen one franc pieces
Seventeen one franc pieces
Two ten franc notes
Two ten franc notes

Revision as of 00:09, 2 November 2022

Lyrics

(?) How Fred L-Lloyd tennis shoe
Suddenly I want to see you
For up the landing
Clouds of spray
Oh to see the sunrise once
Sailing in a banana boat
Spiders in the bunches
Biting can spell death
Trading post in Mozamb. Bassa
Seventeen one franc pieces
Two ten franc notes
Leather purse today

Chronology

Interpretations

  • The middle section references Day-O (Banana Boat Song), popularized by Harry Belafonte's 1956 version
    • "A beautiful bunch of ripe banana / Hide the deadly black tarantula"
  • (wild speculation) The first line could be a mangling of "Alfred, the Lord Tennyson"