Quote from: James_Gale on October 27, 2010, 09:57:49 PMQuote from: Tom Senge on October 27, 2010, 09:34:04 PMQuote from: ptmccain on October 27, 2010, 06:56:57 PMThey didn't quote, "One toke over the line, sweet Jesus, one toke over the line?"Gotta laugh....my dear departed aunt Rosemary swore that this was a religious song because it mentioned Jesus and Mary. Thank you Brewer and Shipley!TomTom --Your dear aunt was not alone. I was not familiar with this song. (Some of "you" baby boomers must be REALLY OLD.) So I did a little internet search.And I found this lovely rendition on YouTube from -- brace yourself -- the Lawrence Welk Show. (I don't really remember this show but am familiar with it as the object of humor.) Watch it till the end and see how Mr. Welk describes it.Enjoy.JimGoing to that site, the date given for the original airing of that particular segment was 1971. I know it seems impossible at this late date, but it is indeed possible that those singing and Mr. Welk himself did not get the drug reference. There was a time when a lot of drug references in songs, which we all recognize now, were not recognized as such. "The world was younger than today. . . ."
Quote from: Tom Senge on October 27, 2010, 09:34:04 PMQuote from: ptmccain on October 27, 2010, 06:56:57 PMThey didn't quote, "One toke over the line, sweet Jesus, one toke over the line?"Gotta laugh....my dear departed aunt Rosemary swore that this was a religious song because it mentioned Jesus and Mary. Thank you Brewer and Shipley!TomTom --Your dear aunt was not alone. I was not familiar with this song. (Some of "you" baby boomers must be REALLY OLD.) So I did a little internet search.And I found this lovely rendition on YouTube from -- brace yourself -- the Lawrence Welk Show. (I don't really remember this show but am familiar with it as the object of humor.) Watch it till the end and see how Mr. Welk describes it.Enjoy.Jim
Quote from: ptmccain on October 27, 2010, 06:56:57 PMThey didn't quote, "One toke over the line, sweet Jesus, one toke over the line?"Gotta laugh....my dear departed aunt Rosemary swore that this was a religious song because it mentioned Jesus and Mary. Thank you Brewer and Shipley!Tom
They didn't quote, "One toke over the line, sweet Jesus, one toke over the line?"
And I found this lovely rendition on YouTube from -- brace yourself -- the Lawrence Welk Show. (I don't really remember this show but am familiar with it as the object of humor.) Watch it till the end and see how Mr. Welk describes it.
Going to that site, the date given for the original airing of that particular segment was 1971. I know it seems impossible at this late date, but it is indeed possible that those singing and Mr. Welk himself did not get the drug reference. There was a time when a lot of drug references in songs, which we all recognize now, were not recognized as such. "The world was younger than today. . . ."