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A friend of mine in her sixties started singing a song a few years ago while we were working together. It's basically a drinking song referring to alcohol. The basic premise is that you make up a verse about someone you know (or usually someone you're drinking with) such as this:
My cousin Nort is sawed off and short
but he loves his mountain dew.
He'll go 'round the bend and he'll come back again
just to get a pint or two.
What I can't remember is the Chorus. I think there is something akin to "sweet mountain dew" and "How I love that mountain dew" in the chorus but I really can't remember. Can anyone help me out with this. I tried searching it out and only come across references to the Pepsi product.
Answer
It's called "Good Old Mountain Dew" and it has lyric after lyric:
My brother Bill runs a still on the hill
Where he turns out a gallon or two
And the buzzards in the sky get so drunk they can not fly
Just from sniffing that good old mountain dew.
Chorus
They call it that good old mountan dew,
And them that refuse it are few.
I'll hush up my mug if you'll fill up my jug
With that good old mountain dew.
My aunt Lucille had an automobile,
It ran on a gallon or two.
It didn't need no gas and it didn't need no oil,
It just ran on that good old mountain dew.
Repeat chorus
My uncle Mort, he is sawed off and short,
He measure 'bout four foot two,
But he thinks he's a giant when you give him a pint
Of that good old mountain dew.
Repeat chorus
Old Auntie June had a brand new perfume,
It had such a wonderful "pew"
But to her surprise, when she had it analyzed,
It was nothing but that good old mountain dew
Repeat chorus
I know a guy named Pete, his hair ain't so neat,
Though he fixes it with syrup and blue,
But it stays right in place when he uses just a trace
Of that good old mountain dew.
Repeat chorus
The preacher-he walked by, with a big tear in his eye
Said that his wife had the flu
And hadn't I ought just to give him a quart
Of that good old mountain dew
Repeat chorus
My uncle Klaus had a real mean old mouse
When they asked how it happened,
He said it was a lappin'
That good old mountain dew
Repeat chorus
There's an old hollow tree, just a little way from me
Where you lay down a dollar or two
You go around the bend. When you come back again
It's full of that good old mountain dew.
Repeat chorus
You take a little trash and you mix it up with ash,
And you throw in the soul of a shoe,
Then you stir it awhile with an old rusty file,
And they call it that good old mountain dew.
Repeat chorus
During the last war, we couldn't get no more,
We didn't have no sugar for the dew
With a few old potaters and a few ripe tomaters,
We turned out some stuff, I'm tellin' you
Repeat chorus
Old Deacon Crane took a trip in the rain,
Said his wife had come down with the flu,
But she'll be all right if you give her a pint
Of that good old mountain dew.
Repeat chorus
Mr. Franklin Roosevelt, he told me how he felt
The day the old dry law went through:
If your likker's too red, it will swell up your head
Better stick to that good old mountain dew
It's called "Good Old Mountain Dew" and it has lyric after lyric:
My brother Bill runs a still on the hill
Where he turns out a gallon or two
And the buzzards in the sky get so drunk they can not fly
Just from sniffing that good old mountain dew.
Chorus
They call it that good old mountan dew,
And them that refuse it are few.
I'll hush up my mug if you'll fill up my jug
With that good old mountain dew.
My aunt Lucille had an automobile,
It ran on a gallon or two.
It didn't need no gas and it didn't need no oil,
It just ran on that good old mountain dew.
Repeat chorus
My uncle Mort, he is sawed off and short,
He measure 'bout four foot two,
But he thinks he's a giant when you give him a pint
Of that good old mountain dew.
Repeat chorus
Old Auntie June had a brand new perfume,
It had such a wonderful "pew"
But to her surprise, when she had it analyzed,
It was nothing but that good old mountain dew
Repeat chorus
I know a guy named Pete, his hair ain't so neat,
Though he fixes it with syrup and blue,
But it stays right in place when he uses just a trace
Of that good old mountain dew.
Repeat chorus
The preacher-he walked by, with a big tear in his eye
Said that his wife had the flu
And hadn't I ought just to give him a quart
Of that good old mountain dew
Repeat chorus
My uncle Klaus had a real mean old mouse
When they asked how it happened,
He said it was a lappin'
That good old mountain dew
Repeat chorus
There's an old hollow tree, just a little way from me
Where you lay down a dollar or two
You go around the bend. When you come back again
It's full of that good old mountain dew.
Repeat chorus
You take a little trash and you mix it up with ash,
And you throw in the soul of a shoe,
Then you stir it awhile with an old rusty file,
And they call it that good old mountain dew.
Repeat chorus
During the last war, we couldn't get no more,
We didn't have no sugar for the dew
With a few old potaters and a few ripe tomaters,
We turned out some stuff, I'm tellin' you
Repeat chorus
Old Deacon Crane took a trip in the rain,
Said his wife had come down with the flu,
But she'll be all right if you give her a pint
Of that good old mountain dew.
Repeat chorus
Mr. Franklin Roosevelt, he told me how he felt
The day the old dry law went through:
If your likker's too red, it will swell up your head
Better stick to that good old mountain dew
hillbillies and mountain dew?
stafomosak
In berverly hillibiles "granny" mentions "spicing up that dring with some mountain dew" or somthing along those lines. And it comes up pretty often.
Is she refferuring to the soda and they like really like it or is it something to do with being a hillbilly and its like moon shine or something like that?
Answer
The soda Mountain Dew’s name is a previously-existing euphemism for moonshine, which likely traces back to Ireland (see the Irish folk song “The Rare Auld Mountain Dew”), and has generally been marketed to highlight its potency. It was originally marketed as “zero proof moonshine” and had pictures of hillbillies on the bottle until 1973.
Bascom Lamar Lunsford’s original recording of “Old Mountain Dew”, an Appalachian old-time song, was used as the first advertising theme for the newly created Mountain Dew soda.
Granny is refereing to moonshine whiskey when she uses the word "mountain dew"
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The soda Mountain Dew’s name is a previously-existing euphemism for moonshine, which likely traces back to Ireland (see the Irish folk song “The Rare Auld Mountain Dew”), and has generally been marketed to highlight its potency. It was originally marketed as “zero proof moonshine” and had pictures of hillbillies on the bottle until 1973.
Bascom Lamar Lunsford’s original recording of “Old Mountain Dew”, an Appalachian old-time song, was used as the first advertising theme for the newly created Mountain Dew soda.
Granny is refereing to moonshine whiskey when she uses the word "mountain dew"
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