Mountain Tyme recently suggested I was the resident wise ass...(_^o^_)...and so I feel it incumbent on me to point something out.

Most of us have done a fair share of reading about song histories and in another thread we discussed at length the folk process and political correctness. "Blue Tail Fly" may not be the most significant song of it's time, but it showed a piece of the sociology and history of the culture. We all agreed that we don't want to directly offend, but through years of the folk process combined with a huge shot of P.C. in recent years, we have reduced this tune to a position alongside "99 Bottles of Beer." In a school edition songbook I noticed that the pony threw his "friend" in a ditch for gawdsake! Gimme' a break! If some modern songs aren't dumb enough ("Someone left the cake out in the rain"...yeah, right) then let's mess with the old ones to the point where they make no sense at all!!!

As a personal suggestion, we might acquire a large box. Inside we place Jimmie, his corn crackin' whatever, 99 bottles of beer, a soggy ass cake, and Bob Dole waxing poetic about having the courage to face Erectile Dysfunction. We seal the box up and on a sleepy, dusty, delta day in June chuck the entire mess off the Tallahatchie Bridge. NOW THAT will give all them busybodies something to talk about!

catspaw, R.W.A. (_^o^_)