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"EVERYBODYS ON THEIR WAY TO JERSEY"---A fun "state song". Yes some people do collect them! But if you are wondering why all the men on the cover ( no women) are in a big hurry to get there I'll tell you why. The cover doesn't give us a hint but it is 1920, and this is a Prohibition Song. It seems in New Jersey, you can buy ( in someplace there--a brewery maybe) " 3 1/2 percent beer!" Kind of an "almost beer" or near enough beer--so off the fellows rush. And for those who don't know about it "The Tubes" many guys are running into are The Downtown Hudson Tubes a pair of tunnels that carry PATH trains under the Hudson River between New York City and Jersey City . Not toooo far to go for a beer if desperate I guess ---Lyrics warn to watch out for cops! Ha Ha.
Great write up Lois! What a man will do for a bottle of beer:))
Thanks roddyq. It is really goofy and I like it a lot. The tune itself is snappy!
Clarifying my words "near beer" and 3 ,2 percent beer.Because "3.2 beer" became legal as a result of the new definition of intoxication in the Volstead Act instead of as a result of the repeal of the 18th Amendment, its distribution and sale in some states was not initially regulated under the State laws established after repeal to control commerce in "intoxicating liquors." Some states still maintain a separate regulatory structure for 3.2 beer.
Near Beer
Near beer is sometimes confused with 3.2 beer. They are, however, very different beverages.
With the passage of the 18th Amendment to the Constitution (Prohibition), brewers looked for other sources of revenue. By removing most or all of the alcohol from conventional beer, brewers were able to mass market a legal product labeled "cereal beverage," but almost universally known as "near beer." These beverages carried colorful names such as Bevo, Chrismo, Graino, Barlo, Bravo, Becco, Cero, Gozo, Kippo, Lux-O, Milo, and Mulo. By 1921, production of near beer had reached over 300 million gallons a year. Food critic Waverly Root described "near beer" as "such a wishy-washy, thin, ill-tasting, discouraging sort of slop that it might have been dreamed up by a Puritan Machiavelli with the intent of disgusting drinkers with genuine beer forever."
Hey you guys--Did any of you ever drink any of this??? Was it really that bad!