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| Roll over Beethoven" never sounded so good 1) So, above sentence means the to-be daddy don’t enjoy Beetle’s music |
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On the contrary. "Roll over Beethoven" is a rock and roll song, originally recorded by Chuck Berry and then by the Betles. daddy is having a good time - the rock and roll music "never sounded so good". It sounds better than he's ever heard it. (probably because he's happy)
Where we get the money honey I don't know
2) Is correct sequence for the following, and above is just for the rhythm?
Honey I don’t know where we get the money? |
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Yes, it's for the rythm and the sound in English. Putting the 2 rhyming words together is a device to make it sound better in the song.
"The fire engine arrived 2 hours after being called, and put 3 buckets of water on the fire; it was too little too late. The house burned down."
This is from answers.com
| Inadequate as a remedy and not in time to be effective, as in The effort to divert the stream into a corn field was too little too late—the houses were already flooded. This term originated in the military, where it was applied to reinforcements that were insufficient and arrived too late to be of help. |
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| Now maybe it was planned maybe it was a goof |
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He is referring to the pregnancy. "Maybe we planned it, or maybe it was a mistake."
an expression meaning 'restless'. It is very picturesque - imagine what a cat would like like trying to walk on a hot roof! Another similar expression is "cat on hot bricks"
"Cat" is also a 1950's/60's term for a "cool" person.
One more baby's alright by me
Does above sentence mean he is happy to be a to-be dad though he has no money? |
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Yes
This verse has to be read altogether.
Well the lawnmower's broken, the tax is due
And if I find another tick I'm gonna come unglued
We got hand me down clothes, hand me down shoes
We got the big belly momma here we go again blues |
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He's listing all his troubles. If he finds another flea in his second hand clothes, he'll go crazy.
Old clothes which have been given to hime by someone else, or second hand clothes he's bought. He can't afford to buy new clothes.
| We got the big belly momma here we go again blues |
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The blues is a type of music, and is often about the miseries of life. To "feel blue" and to "have the blues" means to feel sad.
This line is written in the form of a title of a pice of blues music. It doesn't mean they will play the music, nor that they are sad. he's being ironic - with all their troubles, they should be sad about having another baby, but they are vey happy.
The writer is actually using the simple present perfect "have got", but he has left out the "have". This is common in AmE, I think, and it also helps with thr rythm of the song.