Mudcat Café message #757323

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Thread #28157 Message #757323
Posted By: Jim Dixon
31-Jul-02 - 12:27 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: rag in his ear
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: rag in his ear

For what it's worth, I found this at http://users.erols.com/wwcassoc/APR00WHATALL.htm:
IT'S BEEN SAID: Silly North Carolina country ditty from the early 1900s.
From our 93 yr old friend Johnny Winstead. His Uncle Gideon ("Giddy") taught it to him. It's about "The old cow": "The old cow died with a rag in its mouth. The rag blew out. The wind blew in. And the old cow came to life again." Johnny says Uncle Gideon "had about as big a handlebar mustache as you ever saw."