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What is a "quarter moon in a ten cent town"?

Question #89131. Asked by zbeckabee.
Last updated Jul 15 2021.

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AyatollahK
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A "ten-cent town" is a rinky-dink place where nothing happens, as shown in this 1912 NY Times article (story at bottom):

query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9C04EFD8133AE633A2575AC2A9659C946396D6CF webpage no longer exists

How Carlene Carter (June Carter Cash's daughter) and Susanna Clark (Guy Clark's wife) came up with the idea, in the song "Easy From Now On", to pare the ten-cent town with a quarter moon, I don't know, but they coined the phrase in the song (probably Clark, as she also painted the cover for the Emmylou Harris album of the same name). Great expansion of the "10-cent town" image.

Response last updated by gtho4 on Jul 15 2021.
Nov 28 2007, 1:22 AM
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