Toreador parody

[Jean Langmuir]

Hi folks,

Your assistance needed: patron looking for the date of
publication of a song he only partially remembers. He knows the music
comes from the Toreador song; he learned it as a kid, or at least a long
time ago. The words he remembers are: "Toreadori, don't spit on the
floor-i". "Cuspidor" is also included in the lyric.

Thanks in advance.

Jean Langmuir
Oakland Public Library
510 238-3178

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[elehrman]

Toreador
Don't spit on the floor
Use the cuspidor (or There's a cuspidor)
Right behind the door.

There's also an X-rated parody which can only be hinted at here:
Toreador
-- me some more
'Til your -- is sore
That's what it's for!

Enjoy - LJL

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(Dr.) Leonard J. Lehrman

[Guion, David]

> Toreador
> Don't spit on the floor
> Use the cuspidor (or There's a cuspidor)
> Right behind the door.
>

Or alternatively (the way I heard it)

Use the cuspidor.
Whaddya think it's for?

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[pap...@wku.edu]

Dear Jean,

Yes, I remember that song. But not perfectly, I'm afraid. What I remember
is the lines, "Don't spit on the floor./Use the cuspidor./That's what it's for."

Best wishes,

Penny Papangelis
Western Ky. Univ.

[Peter Picerno]

Gee --

I've been disappointed that everyone is leaving out the dialictical
syllables which were present in the version that I learned as a kid!!

Toreaor - a
Don't spit on the floor - a
Use the cuspidor - a
That's - a what it's for - a

(of course, I grew up in an Italian neighborhood, so maybe that explains the
version I learned!!)

Peter Picerno

[Ed Cobb]

When we were little kids, my brother and sister and I made up our own version: "Torea-keyhole/Don't spit on the doorknob/Use the rusty hinges/They need oiling most!"