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SING BEFORE YOU EAT,
YOU'LL CRY BEFORE YOU SLEEP.
Submitter comment:
AN OLD SAYING MY GRANDMOTHER USED TO KEEP ME FROM
SINGING BEFORE BREAKFAST; SHE ALWAYS SAID IT WAS
"BAD LUCK," BUT I RATHER SUSPECT I WAS JUST TOO NOISY.
Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |