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My interpretation it’s about parents who work (with meat) to make ends meet. A child’s perspective of them not having time. The have no luxuries or activities, travel, etc. So the child hangs out in the neighborhood. If they seek attention from their busy parents they are affirmatively ordered, “Go play outside!” Playing in the neighborhood might look like riding a bike, skateboarding, playing ball; “hot-dogging” is a form of showing off— doing tricks to be seen or get attention. At later teenage years into adulthood this might look like hanging out trying to appear cool, hoping to attract sexual partners or gain attention. The scenario pre-dates pervasive technology where everyone has their face glued to a phone. Back when teens hung out in malls or shopping districts because their families never did things together. A more literal interpretation pre-dates up through early-mid 20th century, when family businesses of working class ran like this, while their children played (and at times got into trouble) in the streets.
I’m abstracting a meaning and have no evidence what was intended by the original author.
I also realize in hindsight, back in the 18th and 19th century, to be a butcher was a rather well-paying field. If I’m not mistaken, perhaps even considered prestigious. So depending when this was authored, it may indeed be a tale of privilege, depending how literally it’s interpreted.
Rising Star
It’s a jumping rope rhyme. Most of them didn’t have a meaning per se, just rhymes to jump to.
Rising Star
I saw this on IG recently and idr the context but I’m also from NY and never heard that before. I wish I could find the meme that went with this on IG
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Yea philosophically idk what this means either bc the dad is a butcher and butchers cut meat but also the mom cuts the meat? Idk what they mean here.
Pro
Sounds like the life of a wiener dog
She agrees. It is the life of a doxie dawg
Here is my take.
Butcher shops use to be family run and slaughter the meat. So a butch in the 1800 was the person who slaughtered the animal. The person who cut the meat was at the counter.
So just referring to a family run business and having a kid.
Probably greased up and kept sliding out of her hands.
It’s a verse from the Whipper Whopper song (or a variation of a verse). The song is nonsense… the verse as we used to sing it was:
My mother is a butcher, My dad's a side of beef, And I'm the little hot dog that runs around the street.
How about since the kid is a hot dog and the parents deal with meat, the kid is a product of his parents and upbringing, but he/she runs around the street because it can be and do whatever it wants if it puts it’s mind to it. Case closed
I think there is opportunity but you need to change everything about what you know and cut off your past. Lose your accent, vernacular and articulation is important. Run out of your comfort zone and take risks. Unfortunately leave some people you love behind until you can come back and help them too.
Chief
It's about a poor family and hard circumstances.
This sounds like one of the many, many kids' rhymes we had on playgrounds growing up. Like "my mother was Godzilla, my father was King Kong, my brother was the idiot who made up this stupid song." (Which could be read/said at the same cadence) I don't think it's some secretive message to be read into, just a silly childrens' rhyme.