Dirty Ditties [antikvár]

ForewordIn 1989, wc published the first ever book of the kind of rude rhymes written by no one knows who and passed on by word of mouth. It was a great success and sold out in weeks. In the foreword to Rude Rhymes, I suggested that readers might like to contribute to Volume IL I wondered, are there more rhymes out there.> Well, there are. Stacks of them and they've been flooding in; a girl in Cumbria, a couple from Australia, Mother-in-law (not mine) in London, police in Ealing and so on. Some people were proud enough of their memories to want to see their names after the rhyme. I was intrigued that a 'Godliman' and an 'Angel' were amongst them, and that girls from such respectable places as Surrey, Kent, Buckinghamshire and Hampstead were keen to contribute.Last time, various complaints were made:Surely they weren't all really childhood rhymes.^ Yes, they were but this time there's no age limit.Surely I was censoring some rhymes.^Yes I was and am again. I like to be discerning about mysmut.Surely this whole thing is an absurd enterprise.^ It has always seemed strange to me that though millions of people enjoy hearing fantastic rhymes about what our bodies can or might do, none of this was written down where we could all read it. Why should we be restricted to just the ones friends and relations had told us, I asked; I .i.I ! ' i! ' , i : 'I V'.^ii