I never knew what "Pass the duchy on the left hand side" meant. I loved the song as a teenager, 13 or 14, I think. I sang the song enthusiastically while riding around Tampa with my cousin in his 1975 white Lincoln Continental. I loved that song but I had no idea what it meant. I kind of guessed it had something to do with a nostalgia for the British Socialists and a desire to break up the Duchy of Corwall. (I was a bookish kid.) It turns out I was wrong.
Today I was reading a movie review and saw that the correct spelling is dutchie. Well, I thought to myself, "I wonder if there is a Wiki article on this". So I searched, and lo and behold, someone had written an entry on the song. Now I know what the line "pass the dutchie on the left hand side" means. I kind of miss my original idea of a bunch of skinny black leftist boys singing about the destruction of the British aristocracy.
20 hours ago
1 comment:
I've always thought it was about pot, but I like the idea of it being about the destruction of the British aristocracy better.
And, it's a good song.
Post a Comment