Bowlegged women

What does the phrase "Dont go swimming with Bow legged women" mean.

The song actually goes "Never go swimmin' with bowlegged women." The "Never" is neccessary for the meter: DA ta ta DA ta ta, etc.

Another version, from the movie Jaws -- Quint: "Here's to swimmin' with bowlegged women."
Bowlegged women would be more...accessible, I would think.

Let's just say that bow-legged wimmin have a hard time keeping their knees together - wink, wink, knudge, knudge. RRC

Exactly.

I, for one, much prefer Bob's version, that's all dactyls. I've never heard the expression, nor can I imagine how it could possibly be based on experience. The way you get bow-legged, other than by your genes, is to ride horses a lot. Can you imagine what an experienced horsewoman is really good at? Yes, staying on the horse. And perhaps even posting. So I imagine such an one would be very good at swimmin', no? Maybe too good?

And how about knudge? What's that? SS