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NauenThen

Filthy

A friend was praising double entendres in songs and shaking his head over how explicit much of today's music is. No nuance. 

 

I immediately thought of the dirtiest song I've ever heard: "Shave 'em Dry II" by Lucille Bogan aka Bessie Jackson, a song from the mid 1930s. The title alludes to rough sex & the rest, include her lewd cackle, leaves nothing to the imagination. It's pretty funny as well. 

 

Ma Rainey either wrote the original or adapted it & for her "dry" meant without a man. 

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