There were a lot of these songs in Texas. We used to sing tmem on long bus rides when at university there. I am still looking for one (I think it is on the unfound thread). All I remember is "It's free of sin and dry as a bone- Abilene forever!" Abilene, Texas, a-course. 1950s.

In bars where hard liquor was not allowed, we kept the bottle in a brown bag under the table. From time to time we would tip it into the coca-cola or whatever. Lawmen who came around to see if the patrons were disporting themselves gentilely would ignore the brown paper bags, although they knew what was in them.

In Oklahoma, in the dry days, we placed our order with the neighborhood bootlegger. Not just rotgut; good wines, brandies and single malt would be delivered to our door from neighboring Arkansas. Reasonable prices, too. When the laws were liberalized, the added taxes made many wish that the old days would return.