"My Old Man's A Dustman" -- explain the jokes, please

[K***@att.net]

Lonnie Donegan's "My Old Man's A Dustman" contains a few jokes. Some
are obvious (the tiger's head is 4 feet from his tail), but I think
some rely on 1960s British slang. Can alone explain why these two
are funny?

I say I say I say
My dustbin's full of lilies
(Well throw'em away then)
I can't lily's wearing 'em


I say I say I say
(Not you again)
My dustbin's absolutely full with toadstools
(How d'you know it's full)
Cuz there's not mushroom inside

Thanks

[Gunther Anderson]

Post by K***@att.net
Lonnie Donegan's "My Old Man's A Dustman" contains a few jokes. Some
are obvious (the tiger's head is 4 feet from his tail), but I think
some rely on 1960s British slang. Can alone explain why these two
are funny?
I say I say I say
My dustbin's full of lilies
(Well throw'em away then)
I can't lily's wearing 'em
I say I say I say
(Not you again)
My dustbin's absolutely full with toadstools
(How d'you know it's full)
Cuz there's not mushroom inside

Can't tell you if there's anything more subtle than the obvious flover
vs. name in the first one, but the second one isn't doing anything
interesting. Think "much room" instead of "mushroom".

Gunther Anderson

[Michael Leahy]

Post by K***@att.net
Lonnie Donegan's "My Old Man's A Dustman" contains a few jokes. Some
are obvious (the tiger's head is 4 feet from his tail), but I think
some rely on 1960s British slang. Can alone explain why these two
are funny?
I say I say I say
My dustbin's full of lilies
(Well throw'em away then)
I can't lily's wearing 'em
I say I say I say
(Not you again)
My dustbin's absolutely full with toadstools
(How d'you know it's full)
Cuz there's not mushroom inside

Can't tell you if there's anything more subtle than the obvious flover vs.
name in the first one, but the second one isn't doing anything
interesting. Think "much room" instead of "mushroom".
Gunther Anderson

It's funny in itself to see this tune turn up on a.m.l! I'm sure Lonnie
Donnegan would be chuffed!

M
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[Jasper]

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[Mark Rae]

Post by Jasper
He wears gorblimey trousers (gorblimey = God Blind Me - a Cockney oath)

Often abbreviated to just "Blimey!"

Post by Jasper
And he lives in a council flat

Flat = apartment to our American friends. A council flat is a cheap
apartment provided by the local authority...

Post by Jasper
That he calls them daisy roots (daisies - hard to remove from garden)

"Daisy roots" is also "descriptive rhyming slang" for "boots" and, like most
rhyming slang of more than one word, is further abbreviated to just the
first word e.g. "I bought a new pair of daisies." Cf "trouble" = "wife"
(trouble and strife)...

Post by Jasper
I can't, Lilly's wearing them - (Girl's name - so, a play on words)

The implication here is Lily's underwear...