This song was written by Woody Guthrie. Woody was absolutely enamored with Ingrid Bergman. I heard Billy speak about the song once; and he'd referred to a few of the double entendres in the song.
"Ingrid Bergman You're so perty" more than just a vernacular fashion of saying she's pretty refers to the fact that she had pert breasts.
He speculated that "you'd make any mountain quiver", "you'd make fire fly from it's crater" and the whole of the third verse may have been metaphors for Woody's "tumescence" was how he put it.
This song was written by Woody Guthrie. Woody was absolutely enamored with Ingrid Bergman. I heard Billy speak about the song once; and he'd referred to a few of the double entendres in the song.
"Ingrid Bergman You're so perty" more than just a vernacular fashion of saying she's pretty refers to the fact that she had pert breasts.
He speculated that "you'd make any mountain quiver", "you'd make fire fly from it's crater" and the whole of the third verse may have been metaphors for Woody's "tumescence" was how he put it.
Really sweet song