[Dixielandjazz] One Toke Over The Line
Bill Haesler
bhaesler at bigpond.net.au
Fri Oct 17 20:31:34 PDT 2008
Stephen G Barbone wrote:
> No wonder folks get confused over the message in music. Here's a
> Lawrence Welk You Tube of "One Toke Over The Line", a song about
> smoking a joint. He introduced it as a modern spiritual written by
> some young writers.
Wow Steve,
I must have led a sheltered jazz life.
Up until today, I had never hear the phrase "One Toke Over The Line".
Or even the word "toke".
Nor the original Michael Brewer and Tom Shipley record, which is also
on YouTube.
True.
Kind regards,
Bill.
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