All day, all night....

Started by FierceKitty, 13 May 2025, 09:01:06 AM

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FierceKitty

13 May 2025, 09:01:06 AM
I've wondered for most of my life about the song. Why on earth was Mary Anne sifting sand all day, all night? Am I showing my ignorance of some critical feature of Jamaican idiom?
I don't drink coffee to wake up. I wake up to drink coffee.

Last Hussar

13 May 2025, 11:44:35 AM #1
Had a look at Wiki

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marianne_(Terry_Gilkyson_song)

Think it's a euphemism.
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Orcs

13 May 2025, 01:22:29 PM #2
Quote from: Last Hussar on 13 May 2025, 11:44:35 AMThink it's a euphemism.


I think its written after smoking too much weed.
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fred.

13 May 2025, 08:24:41 PM #3
Drugs were my first thought. 

The wiki page is just as opaque as the lyrics to me
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