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Hello everyone
I'd like to ask about the meaning of the sentence "There's a man goin' 'round takin' names."
There's a man goin' 'round takin' names
There's a man goin' 'round takin' names
He's taken my sister's name,
And he's comin' 'round again
There's a man goin' 'round takin' names
As far as I understand "There's a man goin' 'round" means that there's a man nearby. But what does "take names" mean?
The man is walking around the area, asking people what their names are, and writing them down. Perhaps he is a police officer, or just a very strange man.
The man is walking around the area, asking people what their names are, and writing them down. Perhaps he is a police officer, or just a very strange man.
go around taking names 
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