The best part about pasta Dinners with my Italian Father are - the stories:
The Haul
Maw was a bootlegger
She traded moonshine for chocolate that Mozell and Jackie stole -
them colored folk, yunno
They waited by the tracks for "Milwaukee", 'til it was runnin' by real slow
Hopped on the box car full, then tossed 'em down below
The Hershey Haul
The bars were 2 feet long ~ and just about 3 inches tall
She stored ‘em in a trunk with her moonshine,
hidden beneath the crawl
Then the colored boys got caught when the cops got wind of the haul,
and arrested Mozell and Jackie (who kept real quiet 'bout Maw)
Now Jackie being single ~ a friend, and an honest man,
said, I'll take the hit for Mozell, so Mo' went along with the plan
Jackie confessed to the cops (and spent a year in jail)
No more hot chocolate for breakfast,
. . . and the Hershey bars travelled the rail
ldn
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