CIGARETTES, WHISKEY AND WILD WILD WOMEN
cho: Cigarettes, whiskey and wild wild women
They'll drive you crazy, they'll drive you insane;
Cigarettes, whiskey and wild wild women
They'll drive you crazy, they'll drive you insane;
Once I was happy and had a good wife
I had enough money to last me for life
Then I met with a gal and we went on a spree
She taught me smokin' and drinkin' whiskee
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Cigarettes are a blight on the whole human race
A man is a monley with one in his face;
Take warning dear friend, take warning dear brother
A fire's on one end, a fools on the t'other.
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And now good people, I'm broken with faith
The lines on my face make a well written page
I'm weavin' this story -- how sadly but true
On women and whiskey and what they can do
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Wild the cross at the head of my grave
For women and whiskey here lies a poor slave.
Take warnin' poor stranger, take warnin' dear friend
In wide clear letters this tale of my end.
(CHORUS)
recorded long ago by Red Nichols and the Natural Seven RG
Tabbed by:Travis Email:[email protected] Tuning:standard e|-----0------2---3---------| B|-----1------3---0---------| G|---0------2-----0---0-----| D|-2------0-------0--2------| A|----------------2---------| E|--------------3-3---------| G C G Once I was happy and had a good wife. D I had enough money to last me for life. G C G Then I met with a woman and we went on a spree. D G She taught me to drink and smoke whiskey G C G Cigarettes and whiskey and wild, wild women, D They'll drive you crazy they'll drive you in-sane. G C G Cigar-eattes and whiskey and wild, wild women, D G They'll drive you crazy they'll drive you insane. same chords.... Cigarettes are a blight on the whole human race A man is a monkey with one in his face Take warning, dear friend. Take warning, dear brother, A fire on one end a fool on the other
Not a song that gets much airplay but I well recall it from early TV and i guess AM radio back in the 50s / early 60s maybe. So I got a smile and chuckle out of it.
Spike Jones had a novelty band with off the wall songs and his crazy clothes. All that would seem nutty today but it was entertaining back in its day.
What prompted the Cigareets and Whiskey and Wild Wild Women post and clip?
Posted by: Dick Williams | Sunday, August 01, 2010 at 09:17
That is a song that has stuck with me over the years for some reason. When I was little I would put on the 78 and sing with it.
Later in life I would run into someone smoking someplace and might say to them "Cigareets & Whusky and Wild, Wild Woman" and I am sure they were thinking I was nuts.
Also a 78 "Taxi" I would dance to... I think the only word said during the music was the one word "Taxi" from time to time.
The things that stick with you in life...
I guess that is my "Rosebud!"
Posted by: Jim Howard | Sunday, August 01, 2010 at 10:13