At a jam the other night, I noticed folks singing songs I'd never heard before with verses that I've heard many times in other songs and even in other genres: "Got a pocket full of nickels and a hand full of dimes, Got a house full of children; ain't none of 'em mine." "If you don't like my peaches, Baby don'tcha shake my tree. Get outa my orchard and let my peaches be." "I've got a woman, she's so tall, She sleeps in the kitchen with her feet in the hall." Any more of these generic verses? And where have you heard them?
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