Today's slow drag is with "A Slow Drag with Josephine" from "National Ransom," released in 2010. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. . . .   Show Notes: ---------------------- Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Linguist Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: https://twitter.com/slowdragremedy Email: [email protected] Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag ---------------------- References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, "A Slow Drag with Josephine" http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/A_Slow_Drag_With_Josephine "A Slow Drag with Josephine" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1II-SELD9k Gavotte, Baroque Dance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0tB2rGh1kM Gavotte definition: https://www.britannica.com/art/gavotte Garrotes Dance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C32zAHaIJt4 Garrote (method of torture by strangulation) definition: https://www.dictionary.com/browse/garrote Cotillions, definition and difference: https://www.astoriabanquets.com/difference-between-a-cotillion-and-a-debutante-ball.htm Cotillion Dance example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvItgHeD2EU Arabesque: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmRrfm1ihGg Arabesque in Dance, definition: https://www.streetswing.com/histmain/z3farndo.htm Farandole dance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzUeMwM9CCQ Farandole dance definition: https://www.dictionary.com/browse/farandole Slow Drag Dance Moves: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lFWWheBVuA A bit of The Slow Drag Dance history: https://atomicballroom.com/blog/2011/05/17/slow-it-down-with-slow-drag/ "Tango Till You're Sore, Tom Waits from the seminal "Rain Dogs": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjLBWJutzEI "Flirtation – Dominica's Traditional Dance": https://dominicaexplorer.com/dominica/dominica-traditional-dances/flirtation-dance/ "Flirtation Two Step: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtj-SFouB6o Purchase "The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday"   "A Slow Drag with Josephine" Lyrics:  The snitch, the snoop, the tattletale Lead a threadbare up the stairs Adieu, my little ballyhoo You broke my heart in two And now I haunt the bars and scent those trite affairs She went home to gather her comb And caught him unawares   And there was a man enjoying the lay of the land He took a walk in the dark with a dish from the stand Girls and their creations Tied in the brightest grenadine But I'd take all that I've seen For a Slow Drag with Josephine   Josephine, Josephine But I'd trade all that I've seen for a Slow Drag with Josephine   Gavottes, garrotes, Cotillions and slow Arabesques Drum-rolls and Farandoles were all made in jest But when you make that move I can't resist When will you declare your armistice?   Josephine, Josephine But I'd trade all that I've seen for a Slow Drag with Josephine   In another time and place a different fate was cast He tried to skeddle-daddle-do She might have slapped him Just for saying "Grant one more chance before you pass" "Then curse the nurse that named me the first or bury me at last"   And in three-quarter time The true and the false Dancing the "Hesitation Waltz" Then comes the "Flirtation" And temptation Hip, hip hooray Listen to what I say Then you can take it away…

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