np question
Joe Allonby
joeallonby at gmail.com
Tue Mar 22 12:29:44 CDT 2011
Merle is referring to "white lightning" the illicit corn whiskey. The
point is that the rednecks and hayseeds of Muskogee, OK get their
thrills the traditional way, not on marijuana and LSD. They like
holding hands and pitching woo. They don't make a party out of lovin',
like the hippies out in San Francisco do.
On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 6:19 AM, Otto <ottosell at googlemail.com> wrote:
> What does this line mean?
>
> "And white lightnin's still the biggest thrill of all."
>
> Merle Haggard -- Okie From Muskogee
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iYY2FQHFwE
>
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