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Thread #13648   Message #114024
Posted By: Pete Peterson
13-Sep-99 - 10:13 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Prohibition Is a Failure
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Prohibition Is a Failure
I guess over the years I have changed the lyrics without realizing it! my next to last verse starts out "If a city dude can make home brew then anyone can learn" and the last verse goes "So at the next election I'm sure you will agree We'll have light wines and three-two beer by 1933" I am SURE I heard somebody sing it that way once and it took some research to find out that you could still buy beer during Prohibition, it was "near beer" which contained no alcohol, and that an intermediate step away was to have beer with up to 3.2% alcohol, or "3.2 beer" said as "three-two beer" (The research was done by asking my father, who lived through it) Thanks Stewie, I was about to write it out myself! PETE