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Re: Mystery words in "There Goes a Tenner"

From: Scott Telford <s.telford@ed.ac.uk>
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 1991 09:27:10 -0800
Subject: Re: Mystery words in "There Goes a Tenner"
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Organization: Dept of Computer Science, University of Edinburgh, UK.
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In article <PNcDDB4w165w@darkside.com>, user@darkside.COM (A Modem
User) writes:
> In "there Goes a Tenner," there are some mystery male voices spoken in 
> the background during the lyrics:
> 
> One of the rabble needs Mummy
> The government will never find the money
> 
> Has anybody deciphered these? They are so hidden that I would think only 

Aren't these the lines "What's all this then? What's all this then?" -
a cliched phrase usually associated with British policemen of the
traditional genre (Dixon of Dock Green etc.).

-- 
Scott Telford, Dept of Computer Science,   /   "I think she's one of the
University of Edinburgh, Mayfield Rd,      /    greatest composers of the
Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK.                    /    century, in my opinion."
electric mail: s.telford@ed.ac.uk          /    - Nigel Kennedy, on Kate Bush.