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Thread #120720   Message #3693125
Posted By: Joe_F
11-Mar-15 - 01:39 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Mama Don't Want No Peas an' Rice an' ...
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Mama Don't Want No Peas an' Rice an' ...
My mother used to sing just two lines of it:

Mama don't want no rice, no peas, no kerosene oil --
All she wants is whiskey, whiskey all the time.

Calls up rather a different picture.