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Thread #136912 Message #3132138
Posted By: Jim Dixon
09-Apr-11 - 05:59 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Let's Get Drunk & Truck (Harlem Hamfats)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Let's Get Drunk & Truck- Harlem Hamfats
You can hear the Harlem Hamfats singing LET'S GET DRUNK AND TRUCK at this MySpace page.
I listened, and I think he's singing "to buy us all some corn," meaning corn liquor, or whiskey. In his dialect, "corn" is pronounced with a nearly silent "R" so it sounds nearly like "cone" or "cawn."
It's clearer the second time he repeats the line than the first.