lambeth walk, occurrence of 'gay' in lyrics
Original ID : 865 Created On : 2002-12-14 Last Modified : 2005-05-01
“We play the Lambeth way,
Not like you but a bit more gay
And when we have a bit of fun
Oh, boy.”
When we gathered around the piano to sing this Broadway hit in primary school, we were specifically warned not to titter at the line containing ‘gay’. I wasn’t listening, and was therefore surprised to be the only one giggling.
The teacher snapped at me - which was quite unfair, considering that I saw nothing intrinsically funny about the word ‘gay’ and was only laughing to curry favour with more popular classmates.
Anyway, the song was written by Noel Gay. Draw your own conclusions.