It Can't Be Done

DESCRIPTION: "Now folks never say that I am the best.... You can't hit a ball with the bat of an eye, Don't try it, 'cause it can't be done. You can't take a goose and make gooseberry pie, Don't try it, 'cause it can't be done." Other impossibilities are listed
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1931 (ArkansasWoodchopper)
KEYWORDS: nonballad warning humorous
FOUND IN:
REFERENCES (1 citation):
ArkansasWoodchopper, pp. 51-53, "It Can't Be Done" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #16983
RECORDINGS:
Pie Plant Pete [pseud. for Claude Moye], "Don't Try It, It Can't Be Done" (Conqueror 8446)
Riley Puckett, "Don't Try It For It Can't Be Done" (Columbia 15392-D)
File: ArWo051

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