I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail
My mama calls me Tiger. If I was writing a memoir, I might start it that way. My mom and I were driving together when out of nowhere, she started singing,
I’ve got a tiger by the tail, it’s plain to see
I won’t be much when you get through with me
Well, I’m losing weight and turnin’ mighty pale
Looks like I’ve got a tiger by the tail.
I’m unsure whether she sang that or some iteration of her own lyrics to the tune, but I remember thinking she was fibbing me when she said it was an actual song she grew up listening to. My disbelief further compounded when she told me that Buck Owen and his Buckaroos sang it. Wild band name. But cool. Mama is always cool.
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