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    Posted: April 01 2020 at 13:57
I know about this drink from the song WPLJ by Zappa and the Mothers, which is a cover of this song by the Four Deuces from 1955.

I'm a fan of both Frank Zappa and early rhythm & blues and doo-wop. Another nice song is Zappa's The Man From Utopia Meets Mary Lou. This song is a combination of the fine Donald Woods & The Vel-Aires' Man From Utopia (1955) and the absolute killer Mary Lou by Young Jessie (also 1955).

Anyway, back to the drink. I've made WPLJ by mixing a glass of white port with juice from about a quarter of lemon. I couldn't say I liked it! In the song they take the lemon juice from a can. Is that how they sold lemon juice in the 50s? Maybe they don't mean pure lemon juice, but some kind of sweetened soft drink?


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I don't much like the sound of that.

While in Australia, I would often drink Southern Comfort mixed with what they called lemon squash (a kind of lemon flavoured carbonated soft-drink), which you can buy in cans. Try adding some Angostura bitters, if you can get it.
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Funny - just reading this and for years I thought Zappa was singing “ Wife pours the lemon juice “ 😳
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Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

I don't much like the sound of that.

While in Australia, I would often drink Southern Comfort mixed with what they called lemon squash (a kind of lemon flavoured carbonated soft-drink), which you can buy in cans. Try adding some Angostura bitters, if you can get it.


Yes...in the old days many in my family used to drink Southern Comfort mixed with 50/50 soft drink...a grapefruit lime drink.
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Originally posted by Tom Ozric Tom Ozric wrote:

Funny - just reading this and for years I thought Zappa was singing “ Wife pours the lemon juice “ 😳
 

I originally thought he was saying 'white pony lemon juice'. 
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Originally posted by Man With Hat Man With Hat wrote:

Originally posted by Tom Ozric Tom Ozric wrote:

Funny - just reading this and for years I thought Zappa was singing “ Wife pours the lemon juice “ 😳
 

I originally thought he was saying 'white pony lemon juice'. 
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