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Abc Gum

What’s the difference between now and then
why was life so much better way back when
Might be it was because we had no care
when it comes to talking ‘bout how we’d share

Whether was clothes, a coke, secrets or shoes
or anything else I thought you could use
No worries sharing things we were doing
we even shared the gum we’d been chewing

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Jan Allison

Date: 9/15/2023 5:59:00 PM

Jerry, you had me smiling at how simple life was back then and how we did share things - whether material things or even secrets... but i would draw the line at sharing chewed gum lol - yeuk hahaha:-) hugs Jan xx

Jerry Brotherton
Date: 9/16/2023 1:03:00 PM

I know it was a common practice in rural America. Mostly among smaller children. Hand me down clothes, hand me down shoes, hand me down gum, that's already been chewed. I think it would be a hit song.