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Old 08-24-2020, 03:43 PM
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Originally Posted by TeleBluesMan View Post
Interesting that at the end of the clip Lawrence Welk refers to the song as a "modern spiritual"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8tdmaEhMHE
Not too surprising that neither Lawrence nor his viewers, which probably included my parents, didn't know what a "toke" was. haha This was a song about smoking weed, maybe to excess.

Haven't heard this song in a very long time. It does have a catchy, toe tapping, upbeat melody.
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