Wait....What?

Squeeze my lemon 'til the juice runs down my leg.


Whaaaaatt????

I had my earbuds in, volume up, music library set to Shuffle All as I went through my workout at the gym. Songs were coming and going, but I wasn't paying much attention to lyrics. Suddenly, those lyrics burst into my brain.  Was it really "Squeeze my lemon 'til the juice runs down my leg?" I was in no position at the moment to rewind/replay. The song continued:

Squeeze it so hard I fall right outa bed.
Can you squeeze my lemon 'til the juice runs down my leg?


Yep, I heard it right.

When I got a chance, I looked at the iPhone screen to see what and who. The what was Travelling Riverside Blues and the who was Led Zeppelin.

Most of the Led Zeppelin stuff is not to my taste, so I had pretty much ignored them through the years. Not much of a surprise that these lyrics had never caught my attention before.

Google and Wikipedia have informed me that this song was written and first recorded back in 1937. Really. 

Led Zeppelin recorded the song in 1969, so that version has been around for 45 years.

Times have changed. Censorship has evolved. I can't help wondering how much censorship has been applied to this song over the years.