SWOD (Song of the Day/Word of the Day) #4

Today’s Word:

Perambulate (Verb): To walk through or over

Walking all over you with her boots

Musical Example: “These boots are made for walking, and that’s just what they’ll do one of these days these boots are gonna perambulate over you.” Yeah, I just did that. Nancy Sinatra, the daughter of Frank Sinatra and his first wife Nancy Barbato, released “These Boots Are Made For Walkin'” in 1966. It quickly shot to #1 on both the U.S and U.K pop charts adumbrating covers of the song by future female singers including Jessica Simpson (who only reached #14 on the charts so score one for the original). Also, the song may go down as the best example of a girl saying screw-you to a man. It is the momma of modern day man-hating songs. A humorous side note. When Nancy Sinatra was recording the song, the writer of the song Lee Hazlewood encouraged Sinatra to sing the song like a sixteen-year old girl giving the middle finger to a forty-year old man. What!?! I have a brief change in lyric. “These boots are made for walking, and that’s just what they’ll do, if you don’t leave me alone I will call the cops on you.”