Texas phrases (If ifs and buts were candy and nuts...merry Christmas)

[Wilson Gray]

Give it up, Larry. You've been Horned. Grin and bear it.

-Wilson

On 11/29/06, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu> wrote:
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> At 4:14 PM -0500 11/29/06, Fred Shapiro wrote:
> >On Wed, 29 Nov 2006, Laurence Horn wrote:
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> >>Well, relevantly to Dandy Don as well as Willie, what about "Don't
> >>let your friends grow up to be cowboys"?
> >
> >If you're referring to the song "Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to be
> >Cowboys," this is one of the ones I was alluding to: it's written by Ed
> >Bruce and Patsy Bruce, not by Willie Nelson.
> >
> I was, as I said in my latter message (8 minutes after rashly sending
> off the first one).  I didn't check to see who actually wrote it, and
> stand corrected.  It is, still, *relevant* to Willie Nelson...
>
> LH
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