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To: Covenantor; fatima

Rolling Stones ~ Cops and Robbers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiFgrCb6Z8M

An’ then he said: “You see this rock I got in my hand?
This is a 38 pistol built on a 45 frame
It shoots tombstone bullets an’ a ball and chain!”


212 posted on 08/09/2012 9:25:22 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)))
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To: Kathy in Alaska; fatima

That’s it!!
The Music Detective Kathy does it in one to take the gold.

It was one of those memories that surface every now and again and hang around a week or two before hibernating.

Now my dilemma. Should I listen to the song or just live with the memory? Hmmmmm. ;>)

Rolling Stones ~ Cops and Robbers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiFgrCb6Z8M

An’ then he said: “You see this rock I got in my hand?
This is a 38 pistol built on a 45 frame
It shoots tombstone bullets an’ a ball and chain!”

Not bad for a fifty plus year old memory.
Two stone=tombstone.

It had to have the Bo Diddley original I heard, too early for the Stones. And never came across their version.


268 posted on 08/10/2012 3:52:51 AM PDT by Covenantor ("Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
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