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Angliholic Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary

It's a honky tonk parade.

It's a honky tonk parade.

Hi,
What kind of parade is a honky tonk parade? Could you shed some light in a few words? Thanks.
  

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It is probably a parade with jazz being played. com/honky-tonk

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It is probably a parade with jazz being played.
See here for information on the term "honky-tonk" - http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/honky-tonk
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I don't know anything about a few words!

I learned my definition many years ago from the song Paper Moon. (I'll remember as many words as I can)

Oh it's only a paper moon/ hanging over a cardboard sea/ but it wouldn't be make-believe/ if you believed in me.
(can't remember the next set)
[bridge] Without your love, it's a honky-tonk parade/ without y
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AvangiI don't know anything about a few words!

I learned my definition many years ago from the song Paper Moon. (I'll remember as many words as I can)

Oh it's only a paper moon/ hanging over a cardboard sea/ but it wouldn't be make-believe/ if you believed in me.
(can't remember the next set)
[bridge] Without your love, it's a honky-
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At one time the two greatest circuses in the world were Ringling Brothers, and Barnum and Bailey. In the 50's they combined into one big circus. P.T. Barnum was famous for expressions like, "There's a sucker born every minute," and "Never give a sucker an even break."

In addition to extremely talented performers, there were often side shows (also in carnivals) featuring unnatural and
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I'd like to know the same thing
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AnonymousI'd like to know the same thing
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I've heard "honky tonk" used as a compound adjective and also as a compound noun, referring to a cheap, noisy bar. I've heard it used to describe a parade only in the song previously quoted.[H]


Edit. Gilley's is probably not "cheap"!
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Barnum and Bailey World also refers to the Barnum effect...

The Barnum effect: the tendency to accept certain vague or worthless information as true.

Here is an example of such a Barnum description:
- You have a great need for other people to like and admire you.
- You have a great deal of unused capacity, which you have not turned to your advantage.
- Disciplined
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I agree that the term "honky tonk parade" is part of the lyric in "It's only a paper moon." I think it refers to the way many people look for love in bars and the singer in this case would be likely to spend his life going to one honky tonk bar after another looking for the love he or she has been denied by the object of his or her affection in the song. It is one of the cleverest lyrics ever i
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I’m thinking an action with little meaning.

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AngliholicWhat kind of parade is a honky tonk parade?

"honky tonk parade" comes from the song "It's Only a Paper Moon", a popular song published in 1933. Here is the relevant excerpt of the lyrics.

Without your love
It's a honky tonk parade
Without your love
It's a melody played in a penny arcade

I don't believe the reference in the

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