"Dead Skunk in the Middle of the Road - Stinkin' to High Heaven! - Take a Whiff on Me, That Ain't No Rose!"

Ahhh, the poetry of lyrics of a song that spent 6 weeks in the number one spot on the music charts in 1973 in Little Rock, Arkansas. At least, that's what was reported in the Arkansas Times this morning. If you'd like to hear the entire piece, you can do so below.


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As a native Californian, I did not fancy myself a fan of hillbilly prose. But we Californians were not immune. As a matter of fact, 6 years later in 1979 we enjoyed our own version of cornpone prose with the ever popular "Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer," which was written, recorded and released in San Francisco by a local veterinarian and his wife.


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But, I suppose the tragedy of an old woman trampled to death by a 300 pound wild antlered bull is a bit more sophisticated and civilized than a rendezvous with dead malodorous road kill.