Re: [Harp-L] "Fattening Frogs For Snakes"...whats that all about?!?!?



He is pledging metaphorically, I think, to no longer
pay for the "care and maintenance" of a woman who
rewards others with her favors.  Consistent with the
economic view that each individual is a "rational
maximizer", allocating one's resources so as to
maximize one's own satisfaction, he will no longer pay
the costs for and invest in an endeavor, the benefits
of which are captured by one other than himself. 
After all, what's the point of working to feed and
fatten frogs for dinner, only to see them eaten by
snakes?  

Taiawagi

--- Nate in the Blues Room <thebluesroom@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> For the longest time I've wondered what Sonny Boy
> Williamson 2 was on
> about, I mean what was the guy thinking when he
> penned this song? Anyone
> have any insights to his thinking on this one? Was
> he using local phrases,
> jargon or sayings or creating them? Anyone?
> **
> *"It took me a long time, to find out my mistakes
> Took me a long time, to find out my mistakes
> (it sho' did man)
> But I bet you my bottom dollar, I'm not fattenin' no
> more frogs for snakes
> 
> "I found out my downfall, back in nineteen and
> thirty
> (I started checkin')
> I found out my downfall, from nineteen and thirty
> I'm tellin' all of my friends, I'm not fattenin' no
> more frogs for snakes
> 
> All right now... (solo)
> 
> "Yeh it is nineteen and fifty-seven, I've got to
> correct all of my mistakes
> Whoa man, nineteen and fifty-seven, I've got to
> correct all of my mistakes
> I'm tellin' my friends includin' my wife and
> everybody else,
> not fattenin' no more frogs for snakes
> *
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