Old Dan Tucker
Mama was trying to explain what 'supper' meant to El Cubano, and this tune popped into my head. I mean, "supper's over and dinner's cooking" just about says it all, don't it? No it don't. In my wife's family, supper was the evening meal. To me, the terms 'supper' and 'dinner' are interchangeable, except when you are talking about formal events, like Sunday dinner, or Thanksgiving dinner. You might have supper on Thanksgiving, but that wouldn't be the big meal with turkey, dressing and all the fixin's. What's weirder is my wife claims to have never heard of this American folk song, but everybody in Verona, Italy seems to know it.
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