When You Smoke a Bad Cigar There's Nothing to Do But Cough

DESCRIPTION: "When you smoke a bad cigar there's nothing to do but cough, When you're trying to ride your bike there's nowhere to fall but off...." "Nothing! Nothing! Nothing!... It makes me wild when I go out: There's nowhere to go but back." Life gives no choices
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1983 (Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood)
KEYWORDS: death hardtimes bird clothes technology drugs | nothing to do cigar bike
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood, p. 172, "When you smoke a bad cigar there's nothing to do but cough" (1 text)
Roud #25412
File: KSUC172

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