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by Oliver Joseph St. John Gogarty (1878 - 1957)

Song of Medical Dick and Medical Davy
Language: English 
The first was Medical Dick
The second was Medical Davy
The first had a Bloody Big Prick
The second had Buckets of Gravy
To show-- to show-- to show what medicals are.

Then out spoke Medical Dick
To his comrade Medical Davy
'I'd swap my Bloody Big Prick
For you with your buckets of Gravy'
To show-- to show-- to show what medicals are.

'Steady Medical Dick'
Said Sturdy Medical Davy
'There's very little value in a prick
When you haven't got the passage of the gravy.'
To show-- to show-- to show what medicals are.

'Every bullock were a bull
But for the little matter of a ballocks
If your prick can keep the women full
You'll find they never grumble at its small looks.'
To show-- to show-- to show what medicals are.

Can be found in Blight: The Tragedy of Dublin, 1917

Text Authorship:

  • by Oliver Joseph St. John Gogarty (1878 - 1957), written 1903? [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Song of Medical Dick and Medical Davy", 2011 [baritone and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-12-28
Line count: 20
Word count: 135

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