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Sudden time on my hands and worried on a long-ago triv, I went and I looked and I verifized: Sammy Lerner is indeed the author of all *three* verses of "Popeye the Sailor Man" *and* "Falling in Love Again." He demised in the same year as the German Democratic Republic. No causal relationship has been established. http://www.harrynilsson.com/misc-1736-15063.html
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Dear IP: I never knew the author of "Is it true what they say about Dixie". But one line from it did not sound authentic "Do they keep eating possum till they cain't eat no more". I doubt very much that possum can be a delicacy even to the reddest of rednecks.
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"Do they keep eating possum till they cain't eat no more"
It depends on what the line rhymes with, wwh.
The lyricist may have put his professional predilections ahead of his culinary predilections.
In any case, there is no accounting for some people's taste in food.
I've heard of people who travel miles to hunt and eat blackbirds ... which they consider a delicacy.
Given a choice, I think I would take the possum.
But I would rather see a possum play dead than see one dead on my plate (roasted, grilled or baked).
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wwh: don't know the song but I wonder if it expresses a lament rather than a predilection.
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I wonder if it expresses a lament rather than a predilectionA person can lament a predilection, especially if it's fattening.
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Is it true what they say about Dixie Does the sun really shine all the time Do the sweet magnolias blossom at everybody's door Do the folks keep eating possum til they can't eat no more
Is it true what they say about Swanny Is a dream by the stream so sublime Do they laugh do they love like they say in every song If it's true that's where I belong
Is it true what they say about Dixie Does the sun really shine all the time Well do the sweet magnolias blossom at everybody's door Do the folks keep eating that possum til they can't eat no more
Is it true what they say about Swanny Is a dream by the stream so sublime Do they laugh love like they say in every song If it's true that's where I belong
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<<lament[able] predilection[s]>>
I've never eaten possum but I think I remember hearing it's pretty awful.
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helps if you eat it standing on your head...
formerly known as etaoin...
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pretty awful.
It really is. It doesn't help that here they are major vectors for bovine TB, and that there are nearly twice as many of them as there are sheep.
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Old NZ recipe for eating possum: Boil the possum with a large stone for five hours. Throw away the possum. Eat the stone.
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