Modern Mother Goose-On The Loose (Red Beans And Rice On Mondays)

It was a Monday, and it was so nice-

That I decided to put on some red beans, to have with some rice.

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This was always done back in the day-

For Mondays were preserved for washday.

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As the beans simmered, the clothes were washed and rinsed by hand-

There were clotheslines all across the Louisiana land.

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To use after scrubbing and rinsing those dirty clothes-

To be hung out, and oh, they smelled so good to the nose.

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Of course, this was just a part, of the washing chore-

For the ironing had to be done, and then the clothes put away in store.

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But when all was over and done, it felt nice-

To know that all one had to do was boil some rice.

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Red beans and rice after a long hard worked Monday-

Yeah, this was back, in the day, always done this way.

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It was a Monday, and it was so nice-

That I decided to put on some red beans, to have with some rice.

-2015-