This song is amazing; I can't believe it has so little comments!
First off, "we're all as mad as hatter's here" refers to 18th and 19th century hatters, who went crazy from mercury poisoning. Korsakoff's syndrome is caused by this, which counted for the "mad hatters."
I know the sewers of Paris are a popular tourist attraction., hence why they'd walk the sewers of Paris.
"Let marrow bone and cleaver choose while making feet for children shoes" is a reference to sex, as Omnicide said. "Marrowbone and cleaver" is slang for penis.
As for "Wipe him down with gasoline 'til his arms are hard and mean," I'm not exactly sure on the reference, but I know gasoline was used to treat head lice and to clean clothes a long time ago.
"Wash your mouth out by the door, the whole town's made of iron ore." This could be a reference to the fact that too much iron is toxic.
My favorite line of the song is "In the land of the blind the one-eyed man is king." As was said, this is a quote by Erasmus: "In regione caecorum rex est luscus."
Wipe him down with gasoline - refers to wiping moving parts of the ships engine with an oily rag so that the rods and levers (arms) are free from rust and have a purposeful sheen to them.
Wipe him down with gasoline - refers to wiping moving parts of the ships engine with an oily rag so that the rods and levers (arms) are free from rust and have a purposeful sheen to them.
This song is amazing; I can't believe it has so little comments!
First off, "we're all as mad as hatter's here" refers to 18th and 19th century hatters, who went crazy from mercury poisoning. Korsakoff's syndrome is caused by this, which counted for the "mad hatters."
I know the sewers of Paris are a popular tourist attraction., hence why they'd walk the sewers of Paris.
"Let marrow bone and cleaver choose while making feet for children shoes" is a reference to sex, as Omnicide said. "Marrowbone and cleaver" is slang for penis.
As for "Wipe him down with gasoline 'til his arms are hard and mean," I'm not exactly sure on the reference, but I know gasoline was used to treat head lice and to clean clothes a long time ago.
"Wash your mouth out by the door, the whole town's made of iron ore." This could be a reference to the fact that too much iron is toxic.
My favorite line of the song is "In the land of the blind the one-eyed man is king." As was said, this is a quote by Erasmus: "In regione caecorum rex est luscus."
Wipe him down with gasoline - refers to wiping moving parts of the ships engine with an oily rag so that the rods and levers (arms) are free from rust and have a purposeful sheen to them.
Wipe him down with gasoline - refers to wiping moving parts of the ships engine with an oily rag so that the rods and levers (arms) are free from rust and have a purposeful sheen to them.