Lincoln, Lincoln
I’ve been thinkin’
What the heck have you been drinkin’
Looks like water, tastes like wine
oh my gosh its turpintine
-Joe Geraci, Portsmouth, NH
Lincoln, Lincoln
I’ve been thinkin’
What the heck have you been drinkin’
Looks like water, tastes like wine
oh my gosh its turpintine
-Joe Geraci, Portsmouth, NH
An elderly relative used to sing this when she was doing her housework, and as a kid I just picked it up deriving much pleasure from it across the years. That was in Bellingham, Washington, U.S.A
The old lady went upstairs to get some gin
She fell in the piss-pot, up to her chin
Well, she couldn’t swim [...]
Fudge, fudge call the judge
Mama’s gonna have a baby
Wrap it toilet paper
Send it down the escalator
What’s it gonna be?
A boy, a girl, twins or triplets?
A boy, a girl, twins or triplets?
A boy, a girl, twins or triplets?
Cin-der-ella, hair of yella
Went upstairs to kiss a fella
How many kisses did she get?
one, two, three, four, etc
Wine, wine [...]
Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the lord
he can barely round the mountain in his green and yellow ford
with one hand on the throttle and the other on the bottle
he’ll kill his damn self yet
chorus
gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die
gory, gory what a hell of a way [...]