More Against the Days

[Ya Sam]

I swear, if this had been posted without the names of the authors, I would 
have thought Pynchon had written it.


>From: Paul Mackin <paul.mackin at verizon.net>
>To: pynchon-l at waste.org
>Subject: Re: More Against the Days
>Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 09:21:01 -0400
>
>
>On Oct 18, 2006, at 7:58 AM, Paul Mackin wrote:
>
>>
>>On Oct 18, 2006, at 5:05 AM, John Carvill wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>Well, there was a lot of coffee of course, plus those rifles with  the 
>>>Stars on them....
>>
>>
>>reminds me of one of my favorite songs of the 40s, not in any of  the 
>>novels however
>>
>>A politician's daughter
>>Accused of drinking water
>>Got fined a great big fifty dollar bill.
>>There's an awful lot of coffee in  Brazil.
>
>Here are the actual words to this WWII era ditty . . . .
>
>The Coffee Song
>Written By:  Bob Hilliard / Richard Miles
>
>Way down among Brazilians
>Coffee beans grow by the billions
>So they’ve got to find those extra cups to fill
>They’ve got an awful lot of coffee in Brazil
>
>You can’t get cherry soda
>Cause they’ve gotta sell their quota
>And the way things are I guess they never will
>They’ve got an awful lot of coffee in Brazil
>
>No tea or tomato juice
>You’ll see no potato juice
>Cause the planters down in Santos
>All say no, no, no
>
>A politican’s daughter
>Was accused of drinkin’ water
>And was fined a great big fifty dollar bill
>They’ve got an awful lot of coffee in Brazil
>
>When Brazilian ham and eggs need savor
>Coffee ketchup gives ‘em flavor
>Coffee pickles way outsell the dill
>Why they put coffee in their coffee in Brazil
>
>You date a man and find out later
>He smells like a percolator
>His cologne was made right on the grill
>Hey they could percolate the ocean in Brazil
>
>Don’t ask for hot cocoa there
>They’ll say you’ve gone loco there
>But say caffeine or coffee bean and they’ll say ay ay ay
>
>So you’ll add to the local color
>Serve some coffee with a cruller
>Dunkin doesn’t take alot of skill
>They’ve got an awful lot of coffee
>A great big pot of coffee
>They’ve got an awful lot of coffee
>In Brazil, Brazil, Brazil
>Cafe ole
>Yeah
>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Some reviewers have noticed that there are references to  Starbucks cafe 
>>>>in > Mason & Dixon
>>>
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