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

[Laurence Horn]

At 4:14 PM -0500 11/29/06, Fred Shapiro wrote:
>On Wed, 29 Nov 2006, Laurence Horn wrote:
>
>>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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