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Cigarettes, Whiskey, and Wild, Wild Women
[Tim Spencer]
The Nashville songwriter Tim Spencer penned this song in 1947 and recorded it with his group Sons of the Pioneers. In 1950 it was a hit for Red Ingle. Cyril Tawney wrote Five Foot Flirt as its British counterpart.
Martin Carthy (verses 1 and 3), Sydney Carter (verse 2), and chorus sang Cigarettes, Whiskey, and Wild, Wild Women in 1966 on the ABC Sunday evening TV series Hallelujah.