[lbo-talk] only intellectuals love poverty

Dennis Claxton ddclaxton at earthlink.net
Mon Mar 20 10:30:30 PST 2006


Doug quoted a sig line:

"Only intellectuals love poverty. Poor people love luxury" (from a Brazilian samba)

Here's a bit of Charles Mingus's version of Shortenin' Bread, that old standard (covered a million times including versions by Connie Francis and the Cramps) about how happy poor children are eating a concoction of flour, sugar, and butter:

"Who says mama's little baby likes shortnen' bread.../who says mama's little baby likes shortnen bread/Mama's little baby likes caviar.../Mama's little baby likes diamonds and pearls...Mama's little baby likes all the fine things in life"



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