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Gamboler Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Bud of beat

I would like to know the meaning of the expression "bud of beat".
Context: It's contained in the lyrics of a song of the thirties (sorry, but I don't know its name).

Here we go, nice and slow,down and dippy, feeling so.
It's peculiar, it will fool you,
if not just stop the rock of this two step.
First you fly, then you fly,
bud of beat, side by side.
You learn it,
quick it's just a new fit that bonds you.
  

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Hi, My guess is that you have not heard these lyrics correctly. Clive

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Hi,

My guess is that you have not heard these lyrics correctly.

Clive
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Why, Clive?
I got the help of a friend from the U.S.A. and he heard exactly the same, but he couldn't find a meaning to the aforementioned expression. So...
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Hi,

Maybe your friend misheard, too. Songs can be indistinct. There are other words and phrases that also don't seem right to me.

But this is all guessing.
Can you post it somewhere that we can listen to it?

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Thanks, Clive.
I posted my question and the link to the audio/video of the song (public domain) in the English Audio: Speech & Pronunciation, as you recommended me. Can you take a look at it and tell me if we were right when hearing "bud of bit"?
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gambolerThanks, Clive.I posted my question and the link to the audio/video of the song (public domain) in the English Audio: Speech & Pronunciation, as you recommended me. Can you take a look at it and tell me if we were right when hearing "bud of bit"?
It's "strut a bit, side by side", as far as I can tell. She is describing a dance from 1929. It certainly is
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