"Sucking Cider through a Straw" (1874)
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Sun Mar 13 03:47:00 UTC 2005
"Sucking cider through a straw" (a tongue-twister!) another "unknown" American folk song. The Tennessee Folklore Society Bulletin (April 1939) doesn't give an author, either. Newspaperarchive seems to get us close. However, I got the below message that two 1874 cites aren't available.
(GOOGLE)
KIDiddles: Song Lyrics: Sippin' Cider Through a Straw
Sippin' Cider Through a Straw. Echo Song Written By: Unknown Copyright Unknown.
The prettiest girl (The prettiest girl) I ever saw ...
www.kididdles.com/mouseum/s051.html - 10k - Cached - Similar pages
(GOOGLE)
Sipping Cider through a Straw - Trad and Anon (Lyrics and Chords)
ARTIST: Trad and Anon TITLE: Sipping Cider through a Straw Lyrics and Chords The
prettiest girl (the prettiest girl) I ever saw (I ever saw) Was sippin' ci ...
www.guntheranderson.com/v/data/sippingc.htm - 2k - Cached - Similar pages
(NEWSPAPERARCHIVE)
Ohio Democrat Friday, July 03, 1874 New Philadelphia, Ohio
...girl I ever sAw "WAs sucking CIDER THROUGH A strAw. ThAt question, "Where.....AmericAn, ''of A pAtent obtAined THROUGH this office lor A physiciAn..
Portsmouth Times Saturday, May 03, 1873 Portsmouth, Ohio
...yo-orchArd borrowing" Apple0 CIDER THROUGH A strAw. Or you would sco b'wc.....hAirs 1 Give over lookin wildly Oiit THROUGH the vistA of A boundless future..
Coshocton Democrat Tuesday, July 28, 1874 Coshocton, Ohio
...girl I ever sAw WAs sucking CIDER THROUGH A strAw. The other dAy. A young.....not do it unless the temperAnce people THROUGH the LegislAture so enActed..
Dixon Telegraph Wednesday, May 21, 1873 Dixon, Illinois
...borrowing" Apples, or sAmpling CIDER THROUGH A strAw, wo just hint thAt you.....shut lin light AwAy, WhAt gloom Down THROUGH our leAfy cAliocy DArt myriAd..
When I tried to open two "sucking cider" 1874 hits, I got this--which sucks:
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