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Small Faces
Small Faces


Background information
Origin London, England
Genre(s) Rock
R&B
Psychedelic Pop
Years active 1965—1978
Label(s) Decca Music Group
Atlantic Records
Associated acts Faces
The Who
Humble Pie
Wild Horses
Website Website
Former members
Kenney Jones
Ian McLagan
Ronnie Lane
Steve Marriott
Jimmy Winston
Rick Wills
Jimmy McCulloch
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Small Faces Lyrics

"Rene" lyrics


There she is parading on the quayside
You can find her every night
Ah, waiting for a stevedore from Tyneside -
Why it's Rene, the docker's delight!

Well, if you just got off an oil tanker
And you've got the readies in the bin (Readies = cash and having them 'in the bin' means having money)
Just make your way down to The Crown & Anchor [London pub famous for being a rock music venue through the 60's and 70's)
Ask for Rene (ohh, hello ducks!) and you'll be well in.

She's Rene, the docker's delight, and a ship's in every night
Romping with a stoker from the coast of Kuala Lumpur

Love is like an 'ole in the wall
A line-up in the warehouse no trouble at all
If you can spare the money, you'll have a ball -
She'll have yours (It sounds like 'she'll have your oars out' but it's just the way he sings 'yours-a'

Well, there's a kid of every shape and colour
Safely hid in coal-sheds, double locked (this alludes to black kids by white prostitutes, hidden away)
Where it's been said that Rene is the mother.
I wonder - well, there you go!

She's Rene, the docker's delight, and a ship's in every night
Groping with a stoker from the coast of Kuala Lumpur

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