The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #65097 Message #1760307
Posted By: chazkratz
14-Jun-06 - 09:46 PM
Thread Name: Tune: Cigarettes and Whisky and Wild Wild Women
Subject: RE: Tune: Cigarettes and Whisky and Wild Wild Women
I have the Red Engel version, and had a 78 of it as a kid, with "Timtayshun" on the flip side.
Verse two, according to Red, is
Cigareets is a blot on the hull human race; Huh man is a monkey with one in his face. Here's my definition, believe be dear brother, Huh fire on one end and a fool on the t'other.
And the last verse, more like this
Oh, stranger, beware or they'll write on your grave, To wimmin and whusky here lies a poor slave; Take warnin', dear stranger; take warnin', dear friend, They'll write in big letters these words at the end:
There's a spoken introduction, as well;
A preachment dear friends you're about to receive, On John Barleycorn, tobacco, and the timtayshuns of Eve
and a drunk who shouts, "Okay, let's hear it if it's so good!" and continues making rude remarks throughout the song, ending in this exchange:
Drunk: Sing "Timtayshun," will ya?" Red: Dear friends (somebody get that bum outa here), we don't sing that kind of music here. Drunk: Okay, then, show us your muscles!