[78-L] ^some guys have all the luck

Malcolm Rockwell malcolm at 78data.com
Sun Jun 7 09:42:29 PDT 2009


Farquharson? What is a farquhar, and why does he/she have a son? Got me 
curious.
JSYK, farquhar means "very dear one" and is of Scottish and Gaelic origin.
It is an uncommon male first name.
Mal

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David Lennick wrote:
> Mark L. Bardenwerper, Sr. wrote:
>   
>> Bud Black wrote:
>>     
>>> In Charlie Daniel's recording of "The Devil Went Down To Georgia," the line
>>> near the end of the song goes, "I told you once you (beep), I'm the best
>>> there ever was."  I've always assumed the "beep" covered up the words "
>>> son-of-a-bitch" since the meter of the line would indicate this.  Is there a
>>> recording somewhere that has the beeped phrase left intact?  Or, how about
>>> Johnny Cash's recording of "A Boy Named Sue," where he sings a line that
>>> goes, "I'm the (beep) that named you Sue?"  Sounds to me like the same
>>> epitaph was covered up here.
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>> I have heard both of these intact.
>> Not to out do, there is a horrible song being plugged on the C&W 
>> stations right now by Dixie Chicks stand-in (since their politically 
>> induced purge from the playboxes) Sugarland, (sh) "It Happens".
>>
>>     
> Hey..back in the 70s, when the Global Television Network came on the air out of 
> Toronto and was actually doing original programming (huh? wha' dat?), there was 
> a daily dose of current affairs satire featuring Don Harron (Charlie 
> Farquharson's alter ego) called "Sh..It's The News".
>
> dl
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