That well-known villain, the late RFK, could talk the knickers off a nun and was always finding a way to wind up our Boss.
They were once at some event in the US, when RFK spotted the USMC choir, all of whom were about 7ft tall with necks like birthday cakes, immaculate and as black as black could be. Somehow he secured their agreement, then burst into song singing "Way down in Alabama where the n.....s shovel coal". He completed the verse with the choir looking stony faced and the Boss could see his career about to spiral to earth. But then came the chorus - and the choir belted it out in pure harmony before joining RFK in fits of laughter. Another point scored over the Boss by RFK, who spent the rest of the evening with his new USMC chums...
