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

Wed Nov 29 19:42:32 UTC 2006

Fred is right to be skeptical; I'm fairly sure Willie did not write those lyrics himself (though he did others). Still, it's an important line--in that so many allusive and parodic variants now occur (try Googling "Mamas don't let your babies grow up to be").

--Charlie
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>Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 14:22:44 -0500
>From: Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU>
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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"?
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>Oops. Just replayed the song in mind.  It's "Mama, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys".  (Or Cowboys.)  My bad.
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>LH

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