{"id":4613,"date":"2017-07-02T17:17:28","date_gmt":"2017-07-02T21:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/?page_id=4613"},"modified":"2021-06-19T20:14:16","modified_gmt":"2021-06-20T00:14:16","slug":"chastity-belt","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/?page_id=4613","title":{"rendered":"Chastity Belt"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is one of those bawdy songs that Cliff used to sing often but with younger, less patient crowds being the audience it became difficult to keep the attention of the room. \u00a0Still, he’ll pull it out now and again. \u00a0The repeating word “nonie” is sung as “naughty” by Cliff simply out of habit. \u00a0Historians have pointed out that chastity belts did not actually exist during the medieval times they’re typically thought of associating with; rather, it is a fanciful and titillating invention of Victorian times musing on how men kept their “property” chaste in their absence. \u00a0Having said that, it isn’t definitive that it didn’t exist then… If the device did, it appears to have been quite rare. \u00a0See the video at the bottom of the page.<\/p>\n

Jos. Morneault<\/p>\n

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Oh say, gentle maiden, may I be your lover
\nCondemn me no longer to moan and to weep
\nStruck down like a hawk, I lie wounded and bleeding
\nOh let down your drawbridge, I’ll enter your keep
\nEnter your keep nonie nonie, enter your keep nonie nonie<\/em>
\nLet down your drawbridge, I’ll enter your keep<\/em><\/p>\n

Alas gentle errant, I am not a maiden
\nI’m married to Sir Oswald, that cunning old Celt
\nHe’s gone to wars for twelve months or longer
\nAnd he’s taken the key to my chastity belt
\nChastity belt nonie nonie, chastity belt nonie nonie<\/em>
\nTaken the key to my chastity belt<\/em><\/p>\n

Fear not gentle lady for I know a locksmith
\nTo his shop we will go, on his door we will knock
\nAnd try to avail us of his technical knowledge
\nAnd see if he’s able to unpick your lock
\nUnpick your lock nonie nonie, unpick your lock nonie nonie<\/em>
\nSee if he’s able to unpick your lock<\/em><\/p>\n

Alas sir and madam, to help I’m unable
\nMy technical knowledge is to no avail
\nI can’t find the secret to your combination
\nFor the cunning old bastard has fitted a Yale
\nFitted a Yale nonie nonie, fitted a Yale nonie none<\/em>
\nThe cunning old bastard has fitted a Yale<\/em><\/p>\n

[Here comes the lord from the wars, speaking with a lispy voice of a man not exactly interested in women. \u00a0All hail the lord of the manor! \u00a0<cheers!>]<\/p>\n

I come from the wars with dire news of disaster
\nA terrible mishap I have to confide
\nAs my ship was a passing the Straits of Gibraltar
\nI carelessly dropped the key over the side
\nOver the side nonie nonie, over the side nonie nonie<\/em>
\nCarelessly dropped the key over the side<\/em><\/p>\n

Alas and alack I am locked up forever
\nThen up spoke the page boy – Leave it to me!
\nIf you will allow me to enter your chamber
\nI’ll open it up with me duplicate key!
\nDuplicate key nonie nonie, duplicate key nonie nonie<\/em>
\nOpen it up with me duplicate key<\/em><\/p>\n

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