Re: (ladies) auxiliary

[Robert Cohen <rlcm17...>]

In light of Judith's subject head, and her frequently expressed passion with 
regards to certain issues, I cannot resist mischievously (and irrelevantly) 
posting Woody Guthrie's lyrics to a song he wrote when the Ladies Auxiliary 
of some union (can't remember which) asked him to write a song for 
them--i.e., for the women:

"Oh the ladies auxiliary
Is a good auxiliary
It's the best auxiliary
That you ever did see;
If you need an auxiliary,
See the ladies auxiliary;
It's the ladies
Auxiliary."

Sung to the tune of "In Jersey City, where I did dwell, etc., etc., She 
courted me, my life away, etc."

--Robert Cohen




>I think this comment, posted by Sandra for Itzik-Leyb Volokh, sums it up 
>perfectly; in oral tradition, transcriptions are, or can be, a very
>useful and welcome - auxiliary:


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