UncleDave,
..long story. It basically boils down to 'keeping up with the joneses'..they always buy expensive, dark tobacco. All I can afford is the pale varieties. Naturally, I'd do anything to keep from drawing attention to myself for not being jonesed-up enough..and tobacco is the first thing people look at when judging others (or something like that)

fp,
The tobacco verse of Shake Sugaree was the first thing I sang/played when I got restrung. Now you've got me wanting to sing all kinds of tobacco-y things!