[Dixielandjazz] Spring tonic

[Bill Gunter]

Listmates,

You realize, of course, that the popular children's song, "Row Row Row Your 
Boat," is a drug oriented song . . .

"Row your boat" is a metaphor for using a heroin laden syringe.

Consider the following lyrics in their entirety:

Row row row your boat (use that syringe of heroin)
Gently down the stream (this naturally refers to the blood stream)
Merrily merrily merrily, life is but a dream! (need I say more?)

And to think . . . we have been encouraging children to sing this "harmless" 
little round for countless generations.

Respectfully submitted,

Bill "Don't Bogart that joint" Gunter
jazzboard at hotmail.com