Solomon Lob
Solomon Lob is the name of a below-the-belt comic song, of the sort a soldier would sing, written by G. Alma with music composed by J. Blewitt. It was published by the New York based publisher Firth & Hall.
The song was sung in 1860 by the soldiers of the North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot while based at Keiskama Hoek, on the Eastern Frontier of the Cape Colony.
Contribution to South African Theatre
July 21, 26 & 27, and August 3, 1860: After the Serjeants (sic) had performed Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton's five-act drama, The Lady of Lyons, or Love and Pride, a solo was performed on the violin in seven different positions by W. Allen. This was followed by the song Solomon Lob, sung by J. M. M'Kechnie.
Lyrics of the Song
Solomon Lob was a ploughman bold
And a ranting Cavalier
And when the civil war broke out
It quickly did appear
That Solomon Lob was Six Feet High
And fit for a Grenadier
So Solomon Lob he marched forth
To the sound of the bugle horn
And a weary march was Solomon Lob's
For Solomon Lob had corns
Tant a ra ra ra row row dow
Tant a ra ra ra row row dow
Oh what a Martial story
Solomon Lob he lost his nob
And all for Martial glory
Solomon Lob, Solomon Lob, lost his nob, lost his nob
All for Martial glory
Solomon Lob marched boldly forth
And loud the drums did roll
For Solomon Lob was a hero born
And with a hero's soul
The fight began the Round heads fought
Like Devils on that day
The Cavalier charged and he
He charged another way
For Solomon Lob no reason knew
Whay Solomon Lob should stay
Tant a ra ra ra row row dow
Tant a ra ra ra row row dow
Solomon Lob though a Martial Man
Still life to him was dear
So he thought he might as well avoid
A Round Head bombadier
Who had resolv'd with Carbine long
To do a spiteful job
And with his shot to send to pot
The nob* of Solomon Lob
The powder blazed the Bullet flew
Right to the mark it hied
Tant a ra ra ra row row dow
Tant a ra ra ra row row dow
Oh what a Martial story
Solomon Lob he lost his nob
All for Martial glory
Tant a ra ra ra row row dow
Tant a ra ra ra row row dow
Oh what a Martial story
So Solomon Lob the bucket kick'd
And Solomon Lob he died.
Explanation
- The word "nob" is an offensive slang word for the glans penis, the sensitive bulbous structure at the end of the penis also known as the head of the penis. The word is also primarily a British English word that means the head of something, someone who belongs to the aristocratic class, one's superior. Nob is generally considered an insult.
Source
https://levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu/collection/048/112
https://esat.sun.ac.za/index.php/North_Lincolnshire_Regiment_of_Foot
