Strange lyrics
From a British movie, 1958
An old man begins to sing. This is what I think I hear:
"Danny Ghoul, before near here comes my peg."
Does it make sense to you? What could be its meaning? Maybe the last word is not peg but peck, beck or back...
The scene ends there. No more lyrics. Two thieves that were listening to it got extremely nervous because they thought that the old singer said these words on purpose to insinuate that they are going to be caught by the police.
Any clues?
This is the audio, just in case there is an error in my transcription (you don't need to register to listen to it):
https://vocaroo.com/i/s1PHYFp2od7G
Thanks in advance.
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There's an old English folk song "Danny Boy," and this seems to be a take on it:
"(Oh) Danny Boy, from here
they comes a peg (apart)." (That is, from here they go downhill.)
0A "peg" is a notch, or level, or degree. So that "peg" line is apparently:
"...from here they comes (down) a peg." or "...from here they comes a peg (down)." That is, from here they go down.
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