Sellin' That Stuff

DESCRIPTION: "Aunt Jane had a dance and she had a crowd, She sold more whisky than the law allows. She's sellin' that stuff...." The song details her life selling it, and how Uncle Jim found himself in prison for drunkenness, and how Sister Lil sells it too
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1966 (Coffin & Cohen)
KEYWORDS: commerce drink prison
FOUND IN: US(MW)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
ADDITIONAL: Tristram P. Coffin and Hennig Cohen, _Folklore in America: Tales, Songs, Superstitions, Proverbs, Riddles, Games, Folk Drama and Folk Festivals_, Doubleday, 1966, p. 89, "Selling That Stuff" (1 text)
Roud #8901
File: CoCo89

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