The Panty-Hurlin' Blues by Mbo


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The Challenge: The 'song subject' for the great Easter Bonnet(?) Special Challenge was this news story -- DATELINE: GRETNA, Louisiana -- The debate was serious. The vote unanimous. The Gretna City Council says it's now legal in Louisiana to throw women's underwear from Carnival floats. "So we're pro-panties -- it's on the record," joked one city councilman. However, it is still illegal to throw anything that is ". . . lewd or lascivious and includes, but is not limited to, condoms and inflatable paraphernalia." The panty-throwing issue was pushed by protesting parade organizers. "If panties are . . . vulgar, why are they exposed in every department store in the nation?" asked one of the captains of the Elks Krewe of Gretna. Another Mardi Gras group captain firmly agreed. "Panties have been a legitimate throw for Mardi Gras for years," he said.!

The Panty-Hurlin' Blues by Mbo

I was walking down the street
With my cornet in it's case
Mindin' my own bidness
When some panties hit my face
I got those panty-hurlin' blues
It won't give me no peace
Why can't they leave me alone
I wish this dang nonsense would cease

We was playing on a corner
And we passed around the hat
Somebody threw us some panties
What in the world we gonna do wit that?
I got those panty-hurlin' blues
Can't get to money no mo'
Fredericks of Hollywood
Is now the only thing they throw

I was leadin' off a funeral march
On a sad and rainy morn
When some panties flew from a window
And got stuck in the bell of my horn
I got those panty-hurlin' blues
Can't even march the dead to sleep
Cause everywhere you look now
Is womens' panties in a heap

Don't know what to do
With all these panties, no sir
My woman she done left me
So I can't give them to her
Oh I got those panty-hurlin' blues
And I ain't got a single dime
Now I wish they throw me some BVDs
Then Lord I'd were THOSE all the time!

I got those panty-hurlin' blues
Done thrown my life outta whack
So if someone throws some at you...
Just be sure....and....throw...them...baaaaack!
OH YEAHHHHHHH!