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It ain't over till/until it's over; It ain't over till the fat lady sings; It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so; It goes without saying; It is a small world; It is all grist to the mill; It is an ill wind (that blows no one any good) It is best to be on the safe side
"Ain't Got No, I Got Life" is a 1968 single by American singer-songwriter Nina Simone, from her album 'Nuff Said. It is a medley of two songs, "Ain't Got No" and "I Got Life", from the musical Hair, with lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot. The combination of the two songs was rewritten by Simone to suit her purpose.
"Ain't No More Cane on This Brazos" is a traditional prison work song of the Southern United States. The title refers to work assigned to prisoners sentenced to hard labor in Texas . The labor involved cutting sugar cane along the banks of the Brazos River , where many of the state's prison farms were located in the late nineteenth and early ...
Ain't continued to be used without restraint by many upper middle class speakers in southern England into the beginning of the 20th century. [29] [30] Ain't was a prominent target of early prescriptivist writers. In the 18th and early 19th centuries, some writers began to propound the need to establish a "pure" or "correct" form of English. [31]
You get a lot of vivid detail into “Right on Time.” “Truck stop baby, won’t you dance for me?/ These 18-wheelers ain’t nothin’ to see.”. Good lyric. My mom used to dance at truck ...
"Ain't Got No Home" is a song written and originally recorded by American rhythm-and-blues singer and pianist Clarence "Frogman" Henry. It was released as a single in the United States on December 15, 1956. [1] The first verse of the song is sung in a man's voice, the second in a falsetto and the third in a frog's voice.
The Groovefinder remix of "Ain't Got No, I Got Life" reached number 30 in the UK and remained on the charts for 16 weeks. [3] In Ireland it peaked at number 9 and remained on the charts for 15 weeks. Track listing
I ain't never not heard of one of them nor I ain't nor nothing." In music, double negatives can be employed to similar effect (as in Pink Floyd 's " Another Brick in the Wall ", in which schoolchildren chant "We don't need no education / We don't need no thought control") or used to establish a frank and informal tone (as in The Rolling Stones ...