Ian Dury And The Blockheads

Blackmail Man

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I’m and Irish cripple, a Scottish jew
I’m the blackmail man
A raspberry ripple, a buckle-my-shoe
I’m the blackmail man
I’m a dead fish coon, a pikey Greek
I’m the blackmail man
A silvery spoon, a bubble and squeak
I’m the blackmail man

Well, i’m the blackmail man and I know what you do
Every one of you, i’m the blackmail man
You make me sick, make me Tom and Dick
I’m the blackmail man
Blackmail man

I’m a Paki, Chink a half-cocked ponce
I’m the blackmail man
A tiddly -wink, a Charlie Ronce
I’m a no socks tramp, a cavalier drunk
I’m the blackmail man
A paraffin lamp, an elephants trunk
I’m the blackmail man

I’m the blackmail man and I know what you do
Every one of you, blackmail man
I hate yoru guts, your Newington Butts
I’m the blackmail man

Hampton wick, Berkshire hunt
Fraiser and Nash, Pony and trap
Blackmail man
Up your harris, in your mince
Hamptons don’t leave fingerprints
I am the blackmail man

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dwitefry On Oct 29, 2008

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by dwitefry

17y ago

This is an ANTI-RACIST song, god it pisses me off when people think otherwise. Apparently the name is a play on words, Black Male, geddit? It’s supposed to be an ironic statement on the silly narrow minded views silly narrow minded people have about racial stereotypes.

Here is a list of all the rhyming slang in the song:

Raspberry ripple – cripple Buckle-my-shoe – Jew Silvery spoon – black man (actually means ‘coon’ but I hate that fucking word) Bubble & squeak – Greek Tom & Dick – sick Paki – Pakistani, not rhyming slang just a shortening, slightly racist. Chink – Chinese, not rhyming slang just a shortening, slightly racist Ponce - 'scrounger' (someone who lives off of somebody else etc), not rhyming slang Tidily-wink – Chink (Chinese) Charlie Ronce - ponce Paraffin lamp – tramp Elephant’s trunk – drunk Newington Butts – guts Hampton wick – dick Berkshire hunt – cunt Fraiser & Nash – a slash (urinate) Pony & trap – crap ‘up your harris’ – up your ass – Harris = aris = short for Aristotle, Aristotle = Bottle, Bottle = Bottle & Glass which = Arse = the buttocks (yeah I know) In your mince – in your eyes, Mince = Mince Pies = eyes Hamptons – penises (Hampton Wicks = Dicks)

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