I had trouble falling asleep last night so I watched the 1945 Rogers & Hammerstein musical "Carousel" on my cellphone at 5 am. The lyrics are a little more spicy than I remembered. Here is a young woman discussing her upcoming marriage to a herring fisherman, her beloved Mr. Snow:
He'll carry me cross the threshold
And I'll be as meek as a lamb.
    Then he'll set me on my feet,
    And I'll say kinda sweet,
    "Well, Mister Snow, here I am."
Basically, she is saying, "Do with me what you will." Echoes of "Fifty Shades of Gray." This is more risque than I would have guessed for 1945.

 
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