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GabeKessel
Joined: 27 Sep 2004 Posts: 150
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Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 7:35 pm Post subject: God Bless Arabia |
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I composed this song that helped me through my years in Saudi. It is sung to the tune of "God Bless America".
God Bless Arabia,
For every dime
Of the oodles,
Of tax-free boodles
That I send to my bank all the time.
From the Gulf waves
To the Red Sea
O'er the dunes where camels roam,
God bless Arabia,
My tax-free home. |
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veiledsentiments

Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Posts: 17644 Location: USA
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Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 10:05 pm Post subject: |
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I like it... but what's a 'boodle?' |
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GabeKessel
Joined: 27 Sep 2004 Posts: 150
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Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2005 1:02 pm Post subject: |
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boodle
n: informal terms for money [syn: bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, lucre, loot, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum]
Source: WordNet � 2.0, � 2003 Princeton University |
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veiledsentiments

Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Posts: 17644 Location: USA
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Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2005 3:44 pm Post subject: |
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It might be from a US university, but there are others on the list I've never heard before either: gelt? pelf? These two don't even sound like English. (or perhaps oldEnglish?) lolly? like lollipop?
Oh well... doesn't matter... |
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