The Thing-Ummy Bob (original) (raw)
"The Thing-ummy-Bob [That's Going To Win The War]" is a 1942 song, written by Gordon Thompson with music by David Heneker, which celebrates the female production-line workers of World War II making components for complex weapons to win the war. Its chorus is I'm the girl that makes the thingThat drills the hole that holds the ringThat drives the rod that turns the knobThat works the thing-ummy-bob A thingumabob or thingummy is an extended form of the word thing which the Oxford English Dictionary records being used as far back as 1751.
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| dbo:abstract | "The Thing-ummy-Bob [That's Going To Win The War]" is a 1942 song, written by Gordon Thompson with music by David Heneker, which celebrates the female production-line workers of World War II making components for complex weapons to win the war. Its chorus is I'm the girl that makes the thingThat drills the hole that holds the ringThat drives the rod that turns the knobThat works the thing-ummy-bob A thingumabob or thingummy is an extended form of the word thing which the Oxford English Dictionary records being used as far back as 1751. The song was popularized by performers Arthur Askey and Gracie Fields. (en) «The Thing-ummy-Bob (That’s Going to Win the War)» — песня 1942 года, написанная на музыку , прославляющая на производственных линиях во время Второй мировой войны, производящих компоненты для сложного оружия, чтобы победить в войне. Рефрен: Я девочка, которая делает эту штучку,Которая сверлит дырочку, куда вставляется колечко,Которое двигает стерженёк, который поворачивает ручку,И вся эта штукенция работает. Оригинальный текст (англ.)[показатьскрыть]I'm the girl that makes the thingThat drills the hole that holds the ringThat drives the rod that turns the knobThat works the thing-ummy-bob thingumabob или thingummy — это расширенная форма слова thing, которая, согласно Оксфордскому словарю английского языка, использовалось ещё в 1751 году. Песню популяризировали исполнители и Грейси Филдс. (ru) |
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| dbp:quote | "It's a ticklish sort of job making a thing for a thing-ummy-bob, (en) And it's the girl that makes the thing that holds the oil that oils the ring (en) Especially when you don't know what it's for. (en) It is 'n all." (en) That makes the thing-ummy-bob that's going win the war. (en) That makes the thing-ummy-bob that makes the engines roar. (en) But it's the girl that makes the thing that drills the hole that holds the ring (en) |
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| rdfs:comment | "The Thing-ummy-Bob [That's Going To Win The War]" is a 1942 song, written by Gordon Thompson with music by David Heneker, which celebrates the female production-line workers of World War II making components for complex weapons to win the war. Its chorus is I'm the girl that makes the thingThat drills the hole that holds the ringThat drives the rod that turns the knobThat works the thing-ummy-bob A thingumabob or thingummy is an extended form of the word thing which the Oxford English Dictionary records being used as far back as 1751. (en) «The Thing-ummy-Bob (That’s Going to Win the War)» — песня 1942 года, написанная на музыку , прославляющая на производственных линиях во время Второй мировой войны, производящих компоненты для сложного оружия, чтобы победить в войне. Рефрен: Я девочка, которая делает эту штучку,Которая сверлит дырочку, куда вставляется колечко,Которое двигает стерженёк, который поворачивает ручку,И вся эта штукенция работает. Оригинальный текст (англ.)[показатьскрыть]I'm the girl that makes the thingThat drills the hole that holds the ringThat drives the rod that turns the knobThat works the thing-ummy-bob (ru) |
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