The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #10634   Message #75207
Posted By: Charlie Baum
02-May-99 - 11:47 PM
Thread Name: best single lines in songs
Subject: RE: best single lines
This compact philosophy of life:

"Give me water when I'm thirsty
Give me whiskey when I'm dry
Give me Alberta when I need her
And sweet heaven when I die."

--from a version of Stagolee collected by Alan Lomax at Parchman Prison Farm, Mississippi, in the 40s (or 50s?).

--Charlie Baum