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Thread #5841   Message #703431
Posted By: Genie
03-May-02 - 01:07 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: La Cucaracha
Subject: RE: Lyric's Needed:
Thanks for posting all those verses, Joe. I knew only the one about Pancho Villa being laughable without his shirt.

I've been told that "La Cucaracha" was a common nickname for Pancho Villa and that the song was about him. As such, I've never seen the marijuana lyrics as advocating drug use; they are either purely descriptive of a guy with a drug habit or they are ridiculing him.

Genie