This sounds like the memories of a small child. Their father's breath, seeing
the scrape on the father's knuckle, his dirty hands, the mother frowning over
their silliness.
It is poignant, but I do not glean anything having to do with child abuse.
That the father had no rythm could cause a child to brush against the belt
buckle...quite realistic imagery, but not cruel.
Just my own reaction.
PJ.
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----- Original Message -----
From: Trevor Allen
To: vocalist-temporary@egroups.com
Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2000 9:41 PM
Subject: [vocalist] Re: [vocalist-temporary] REP: English contemporary
Here is the complete text to "My Papa's Waltz", so
anyone with a question to it's child abust element can
make up their own mind
The whiskey on your breath could make a small boy
dizzy, but I hung on like death. Such waltzing was
not easy.
We romped until the pans slid from the kitchen shelf.
My mother's countenance could not unfrown itself.
The hand that held my wrist was battered on one
knuckle. At every step you missed, but right ear
scraped a buckle.
You beat time on my head with a palm caked hard by
dirt, then waltzed me off to bed still clinging to
your shirt.
There they are folks, let me know what you
think.........
TJA
--- dorisopran@a... wrote:
> In a message dated 12/29/00 8:29:56 AM Eastern
> Standard Time,
> Greypins@a... writes:
>
> << supposedly, it is not but, i found the
> reference to 'bruised knuckles' to be unfortunate
> if it's not.
> >>
> Well, the text starts out, "the whisky on his breath
> would make a sailor
> dizzy..." or something like that.
>
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