Who is Parson Brown?

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This verse is nonsense. Who is Parson Brown anyway?

In the meadow we can build a snowman,
Then pretend that he is Parson Brown
He'll say: Are you married?
We'll say: No man,
But you can do the job
When you're in town.
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Someone who rhymes with "town" :)
 
I think its just a name chosen as it makes the rhyme nothing more or less
 
Makes sense to me - think of it in terms of olde worlde small town America when things were relatively simple:thumbs:
 
well a search on google brings up the following

"Parson Brown" is the term used to talk about a typical priest of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. "Parson Brown" is not an actual person (though he might have been at some time), but a figure of speech, like "John Doe" is an unidentified male and "Charley" is a watchman. "Parson" by itself means minister. In the song Winter Wonderland, Parson Brown is a priest asking a couple if they are married. They reply that they are not and that they will wait for him to "do the job" of marrying them when he comes to their town.
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Songs with lyrics that provoke discussion, whatever next?
 
joescrivens said:
well a search on google brings up the following
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Google hey? damn this new technology years from now threads like this won't exist, people will just be able to google it first and then not have to bother! :p
 
Jimmy_Lemon said:
Google hey? damn this new technology years from now threads like this won't exist, people will just be able to google it first and then not have to bother! :p
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Where is the yawn smiley

:D

The parson brown bit was more a side question. The verse is still nonsensical
 
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As a special treat: "We're saving all the parson's noses for you-hoo"
 
joescrivens said:
so you think asking a snowman to marry them when he gets back to town makes sense? :cuckoo:
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It's pretend.......did you never pretend when you were a child?

What a sheltered life you have led:thinking:

I have to remind my wife that the soaps are just pretend..............or are they?
 
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cyclamens said:
It's pretend.......did you never pretend when you were a child?

What a sheltered life you have led:thinking:

I have to remind my wife that the soaps are just pretend..............or are they?
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Pretend and nonsensical :thumbs:
 
Dr Seuss - now that's nonsensical.........but brilliant:thumbs:

Cat in the hat - yay:lol:
 
My favourite from when I was a kid (along with many others)

Ladles and Jellyspoons
I come before you
To stand behind you
To tell you something
I know nothing about

Next Thursday
The day after Friday,
There will be a ladies? meeting
For men only.

Wear your best clothes
If you haven't any,
And if you can come
Please stay at home.

Admission is free
You can pay at the door.
We'll give you a seat
So you can sit on the floor.

It makes no difference
Where you sit;
The kid in the gallery
Is sure to spit.
 
One of my childhood favourites :

Yesterday, upon the stair,
I met a man who wasn’t there
He wasn’t there again today
I wish, I wish he’d go away...

When I came home last night at three
The man was waiting there for me
But when I looked around the hall
I couldn’t see him there at all!
Go away, go away, don’t you come back any more!
Go away, go away, and please don’t slam the door... (slam!)

Last night I saw upon the stair
A little man who wasn’t there
He wasn’t there again today
Oh, how I wish he’d go away
 
Mine...

Mary had a little lamb,
She tied it to a pylon.
10,000 volts shot up it's arse,
and turned it's wool to nylon.


Happy days...
 
Lyricist Richard B. Smith succumbed to TB the year after the song was published.
 
Is there a connection here between 'Parson Brown,' and the 'Parsons nose?' :thinking:
 
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