Monday 22 November 2010

Don't be so suspussyous

Pussy as a slang term for the female pudenda is thought to derive ultimately from Low German puse "vulva" or Old Norse puss "pocket, pouch". It didn't arise in English with a sexual meaning until the 19th century, but prior to that it had been used to refer to women in general (16th century).
Already in 1890-s The Barrison Sisters were a risqué Vaudeville act who performed in the United States and Europe advertised as The Wickedest Girls In the World. In their most famous act, the sisters would dance, raising their skirts slightly above their knees, and ask the audience, "Would you like to see my pussy?" When they had coaxed the audience into an enthusiastic response, they would raise up their skirts, revealing that each sister was wearing underwear of their own manufacture that had a live kitten secured over the crotch.



There's one pet I like to pet, and every evening we get set.
I stroke it every chance I get, it's my girl's pussy.
Seldom plays and never purrs, and I love the thoughts it stirs.
But I don't mind because it's hers, it's my girl's pussy.
Often it goes out at night, returns at break of dawn.
No matter what the weather's like, it's always nice and warm.
It's never dirty, always clean. In giving thrills, never mean.
But it's the best I've ever seen, it's my girl's pussy.
There's one pet I like to pet, and every evening we get wet.
I stroke it every chance I get, it's my girl's pussy.
Seldom plays, never purrs, and I love thoughts it stirs.
But I don't mind because it's hers, it's my girl's pussy.
So often it goes out at night, and returns at break of dawn, break of dawn.
No matter what the weather's like, it's always dry and warm.
I bring tidbits that it loves, we spoon like two turtledoves.
I take care to remove my gloves, when stroking my girl's pussy.

(My Girl's Pussy, the Popular Great Depression Era song. In one of the most popular Soviet Union book the title of this song had been translated as "My little girl has got one little thing...".)