Joe Z has a musical question for lovers of Oldies and Doo Wop.
One of his favorite songs is Trickle Trickle by the Videos.
In the lyrics there is a line "Please lend me your short".
Does anyone know what a "short" is?
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Thanks Mack, I look for an answer.
A "short" is bop-ese for car.
jazz musicxians frequently say, "Man, nice short!"
Hey JoeZ...I know these lyrics..we still do this tune in the DooWop group I have up here in NH...the line you are thinking of is.."please lend me your show"...not short....could be referring to the Caddy..lots of times lyrics would just rhyme and not make too much sense.....sax
Trickle, Trickle, Splash, Splash
Tell me how long will this rain last
The rain keeps droppin', there ain't no stoppin',
Tell me how long will this rain last
Trickle, Trickle, Slop, Slop
Just got to see my sweet gum drop
She's there waitin' and I'm hesitatin'
Tell me just when this rain will stop
Ronnie, dig my clothes yea' boy,
...one button low
Well, you know I'm sharp as a tack,
When I'm in your Cadillac...
Gotta go, gotta go to a party - yeah
Please lend me your show
Well if I can't take it,
You know I can't make it,
I won't see my baby no more.
(CHORUS)
Ronnie, she's sweet, she's fine yeh boy,
And I love her so.
Well if I don't make this party,
Man - she sure to blow.
Gotta go, gotta go to a party - yeh,
Please lend me your show,
Well if I can't take it, you know I can't make it,
I won't see my baby no more.
Trickle, Trickle, splash, splash
Tell me how long this rain will last,
Trickle, Trickle slop, slop
Tell me when this train will stop,
Rain keeps a droppin' there ain't no stoppin',
Tell me how long will this rain will last
Tell me how long will it last
Sax, Rosemary figured it was in reference to the Caddy, I check some more lyrics and it is show, however here's the first one I saw that had short.
Ronnie, dig my clothes here boy,
One button low,
Well, you know I'm sharp, as a tack,
Say can you lend me your Cadillac
Gotta go, gotta go to a party - yeah
Please lend me your short
Well if I can't take it,
You know I can't make it,
I won't see my baby no more.
Thank for the help all.
Thanks for all the help guys, Sax and SJBill. Have a lot of the CD's from the PBS shows, really enjoyable music to listen to.
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OK guys...I now realize that we aren't losing our memory...our hard drive is full. Luckily, it's full of lyrics for the best music in the world. Now, if we can purge the other crap, we'll have plenty of memory for the important stuff.
short (n.) Look up short at Dictionary.com
Meaning "electrical short circuit" first recorded 1854 (the verbal phrase short circuit is recorded from 1867). Slang meaning "car" is attested from 1897; originally "street car," so called based on street cars (or the rides taken in them) being "shorter" than railroad cars.
You got it
Wow, are you way off, sir...with all due respect. It's short not show. I know this for fact because my uncle wrote it...and the reference is a car
The short was always known to me as a car. Way before I was ever close enough to legally drive in NY !!
Above written by Don Wood. ... Originally from The Bronx, New York. .. where we all cruised in each other's short's up % down Fordham Road near Fordham University. Picked up lots of gals in those days !!
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