I think the original would have been more like: "Rowly, powley, gammon and spinnage" since both gammon and spinnage have to do with fooling people. (I think the word "spinnage" needs a resurrection--spin-meisters need something appropriate to describe their work.)
A frog he would a-wooing go Whether his mother would let him or no With a rowley, powley, gammon and spinnage Heigh ho! says Anthony Rowley
From: https://www.mamalisa.com/?t=es&p=1153
Rowley powley means:
1) A plump fowl 2) Peas 3) A pudding dish (called Rowley Powley)
Nigel Horsford wrote: "I know of a roly-poly as a 'pudding made of a sheet of suet pastry covered with jam etc, formed into a roll and steamed or baked' (SOED); sometimes referred to a jam roly-poly.
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Good King Sauerkraut looked out on his feets uneven, when the snoo lay round about
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My Dad was a big Pogo fan, as were many who came of age in his generation. I only enjoyed it mildly myself.
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AVI: Pogo was MEANT to be mildly entertaining. You got it!!
Rowley, powley, gammon & spinach.
Where does that line go, Tex99?
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I think the original would have been more like:
"Rowly, powley, gammon and spinnage"
since both gammon and spinnage have to do with fooling people. (I think the word "spinnage" needs a resurrection--spin-meisters need something appropriate to describe their work.)
A frog he would a-wooing go
Whether his mother would let him or no
With a rowley, powley, gammon and spinnage
Heigh ho! says Anthony Rowley
From:
https://www.mamalisa.com/?t=es&p=1153
Rowley powley means:
1) A plump fowl
2) Peas
3) A pudding dish (called Rowley Powley)
Nigel Horsford wrote: "I know of a roly-poly as a 'pudding made of a sheet of suet pastry covered with jam etc, formed into a roll and steamed or baked' (SOED); sometimes referred to a jam roly-poly.
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