Rene
[This is a song about a London prostitute, so contains a lot of slang and sexual innuendo, not all of which I understand!]
There she is parading on the quayside You can find her every night Ah, waiting for a [?] from Tyneside - Why it's Rene, the docker's delight!
[There's a word in there I have no idea about, it sounds like "stevador", whatever that is! Tyneside is a region in the north-east of England, home of Newcastle, The Animals, Sting and film director Ridley Scott.]
Well, if you just got off an oil tanker And you've got the readies (in the bin?) [readies = ready cash] Just make your way down to The Crown & Anchor [London pub] Ask for Rene (ohh, hello ducks!) and you'll be well in.
She's Rene, the docker's delight, and a ship's in every night Groping (or roping?) with a stoker from the coast of Kuala Lumpur
Love is like an 'ole in the wall A line-up in the warehouse no trouble at all If you can spare the money, you'll have a ball - She'll have your oars out!
Well, there's a kid of every shape and colour Safely hid in coal-sheds (double-locked?) Where it's been said that Rene is the mother. I wonder - well, there you go!
She's Rene, the docker's delight, and a ship's in every night Groping witha stoker from the coast of Kuala Lumpur
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