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Word: drakness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1992-1992
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...worth repeated listenings. "Prodigal Daughter (Cotton Eyed Joe)" is a quiet country number about the double standard accorded to men and women and about pregnancy and abortion: "Look, here comes a prodigal son/ Fetch him a tall drink of water/ But there's none in the cup/ because he drak it all up/ Left for a prodigal daughter/ Singing, Oh Cotton Eyed Joe/Had not've been for the Cotton Eyed Joe/I'd have been married a long time ago," The sad harmonies match the pain and irony of the song without being overdone...

Author: By Daniel. J. Sharfstein, | Title: Shocking Stuff from a Modern Day Minstrel | 4/16/1992 | See Source »

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