Heh--there's a whole semester's worth of interesting grammatical analysis in just those five lines of Miller's song, but I'm not sure we want to go there.

Larry

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>>> "Paul T. Wilson" <[log in to unmask]> 6/3/2009 1:07 PM >>>
Right on the usage. Close on the performer.

Roger Williams was a pop pianist who sold many records.

King of the Road was the biggest hit for Roger Miller, a C&W singer and 
composer, mostly of novelty songs.

Trailer for sale or rent, rooms to let fifty cents.
No phone, no pool, no pets, I ain't got no cigarettes.
Ah but, two hours of pushin' broom buys a
Eight by twelve four-bit room.
I'm a man of means by no means, king of the road.


Larry Beason wrote:
> Now that I think about it,  wasn't there an old country-western/pop song by Roger Williams that went, "I ain't got no cigarettes"?
>
> Larry
>
> ____________________________
> Larry Beason, Associate Professor
> Director of Composition
> University of South Alabama
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> Office: 251-460-7861
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