I dreamed last night I was far from harm
Woke up and found my man in a sissy's
arms
"Hello, Central, it's 'bout to run me wild
Can I get that number, or will I have to wait a while?"
Some are young, some are old
My man says sissy's got good jelly roll
My man got a sissy, his name is Miss Kate
He shook that thing like jelly on a plate
Now all the people ask me why I'm all alone
A sissy shook that thing and took my man from me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqLxDXNxBVQ
En in 'Prove it on me':
Went out last night, had a great big fight
Everything seemed to go on wrong
I looked up, to my surprise
The gal I was with was gone.
Where she went, I don't know
I mean to follow everywhere she goes;
Folks say I'm crooked. I didn't know where she took it
I want the whole world to know.
They say I do it, ain't nobody caught me
Sure got to prove it on me;
Went out last night with a crowd of my friends,
They must've been women, 'cause I don't like no men.
It's true I wear a collar and a tie,
Makes the wind blow all the while
Don't you say I do it, ain't nobody caught me
You sure got to prove it on me.
Say I do it, ain't nobody caught me
Sure got to prove it on me.
I went out last night with a crowd of my friends,
It must've been women, 'cause I don't like no men.
Wear my clothes just like a fan
Talk to the gals just like any old man
Cause they say I do it, ain't nobody caught me
Sure got to prove it on me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRyaUcVfhak
Pinewood Tom zong in 1935 de 'Sissy Man Blues':
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LecfBk7UE1Q
I believe, I believe I'll go back home.
I believe, I believe I'll go back home.
And acknowledge to my good gal, mama, Lord, I know I've done done you wrong.
I'm gonna ring up China, lay it, Jack, lay it, find my good gal over there.
I'm gonna ring up China, find my good gal over there.
Cause the Good Book tells me I've got a woman in this world somewhere.
Oh, church bell is tonin' one Sunday morn.
I said, some dirty deacon rung that bell, stole my good gal and gone.
I says, please, please send my good gal home.
'Cause I ain't had no lovin', Lord, since my gal's been gone.
Says, I woke up this mornin' with my pork kinda business in my hand. (Yeah.)
I woke up this morning, pork kinda business in my hand.
Lord, if you can't send me no woman, please send me some sissy man.
I'm gonna sing these blues, I'm gonna lay 'em upon your shelf.
Sing these blues, lay 'em upon your shelf.
Before you gonna hear these blues again, baby, sure gonna sing 'em yourself.
In het nummer 'Jailhouse Rock' van Elvis Presley uit 1957 komen verwijzingen naar homoseksualiteit voor:
The warden threw a party in the county jail.
The prison band was there and they began to wail.
The band was jumpin and the joint began to swing.
You should've heard those knocked out jailbirds sing.
Lets rock, everybody, lets rock.
Everybody in the whole cell block
Was dancin to the jailhouse rock.
Spider Murphy played the tenor saxophone,
Little Joe was blowin on the slide trombone.
The drummer boy from Illinois went crash, boom, bang,
The whole rhythm section was the purple gang.
Lets rock, everybody, lets rock.
Everybody in the whole cell block
Was dancin to the jailhouse rock.
Number forty-seven said to number three:
You're the cutest jailbird I ever did see.
I sure would be delighted with your pumpin' me/your company
Come on and do the jailhouse rock with me.
Lets rock, everybody, lets rock.
Everybody in the whole cell block
Was dancin to the jailhouse rock.
The sad sack was a sittin on a block of stone
Way over in the corner weepin all alone.
The warden said, hey, buddy, don't you be no square.
If you can't find a partner use a wooden chair.
Lets rock, everybody, lets rock.
Everybody in the whole cell block
Was dancin to the jailhouse rock.
Shifty Henry said to bugs, for heavens sake,
No ones lookin, now's our chance to make a break.
Bugsy turned to shifty and he said, nix nix,
I wanna stick around a while and get my kicks.
Lets rock, everybody, lets rock.
Everybody in the whole cell block
Was dancin to the jailhouse rock.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gj0Rz-uP4Mk
De manager van The Beatles, Brian Epstein, was verliefd op John Lennon. Uit de film 'The Hours and Times' (1991) over de trip van John en Brian naar Spanje:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkRHZNvsWh0
De producer Joe Meek, bekend van hits als 'Telstar' (1962) en 'Have I the Right'(1964) was verliefd op de zanger Heinz Burt:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6CdvhKmXgY
De zangeres Dusty Springfield viel op vrouwen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBwSN0Yw5l0
Vanwege de strenge wetgeving over de hele wereld wat homoseksualiteit betrof, werd deze geaardheid nog met geheimzinnigheid omgeven. Pas in de jaren zeventig zou deze pas echt in de mode komen.
Het liedje 'Romeo en Julius' van Annie M.G. Schmidt geeft een beeld van de sfeer rond homoseksualiteit in die tijd. In 1991 zong de Vlaamse zanger Johan Verminnen het in het programma 'Een nieuwe jas':
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ouvRNFn0s0
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