Little Brown Jug

[melman]

Jug Day is right around the corner this year set for September 22nd. The Little Brown Jug is more a "State Fair" slice of America than a harness race. Last year attendance was over 70,000 people. If you are going to be near Delaware Country Ohio on Jug Day you can be sure it is a nice time had by all. For plenty of more info they have their web site at littlebrownjug.com

[Bobby]

I thought that wuz a football game. The Battle for the Brown Jug. Is that Kentucky or Indiana?

[OTM Al]

Its Minnesota vs Michigan since 1904

I also know it's the song that makes Nelson from the Simpsons weep openly :)

My wife and I lived all alone,
In a little log hut we called our own;
She loved gin and I loved rum,
I tell you what, we’d lots of fun.
Chorus:
Ha, ha, ha, you and me,
“Little Brown Jug” don’t I love thee;
Ha, ha, ha, you and me,
“Little Brown Jug” don’t I love thee.

’Tis you who makes my friends my foes,
’Tis you who makes me wear old clothes;
Here you are, so near my nose,
So tip her up, and down she goes.
Chorus:

When I go toiling to my farm,
I take little “Brown Jug” under my arm;
I place it under a shady tree,
Little “Brown Jug”, ’tis you and me.
Chorus:

If all the folks in Adam’s race,
Were gathered together in one place;
Then I’d prepare to shes a tear,
Before I’d part from you, my dear.
Chorus:

If I’d a cow that gave such milk,
I’d clothe her in the finest silk;
I’d feed her on the choicest hay,
And milk her forty times a day.
Chorus:

The rose is red, my nose is, too,
The violet’s blue, and so are you;
And yet I guess before I stop
We’d better take another drop.
Chorus: