So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed
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B-side"Sweet Temptation"
PublishedJanuary 8, 1947 by American Music, Inc., Hollywood[1]
ReleasedJanuary 1947[2]
RecordedOctober 19, 1946[3]
| "So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Merle Travis | ||||
| B-side | "Sweet Temptation" | |||
| Published | January 8, 1947 by American Music, Inc., Hollywood[1] | |||
| Released | January 1947[2] | |||
| Recorded | October 19, 1946[3] | |||
| Studio | Radio Recorders, Los Angeles | |||
| Genre | Hillbilly | |||
| Length | 2:59 | |||
| Label | Capitol 349 | |||
| Songwriters | Merle Travis, Cliffie Stone, Eddie Kirk | |||
| Producer | Lee Gillette | |||
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"So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed" is a 1947 song by Merle Travis, written by Travis, Eddie Kirk, and Cliffie Stone.
The song's lyrics describes a woman's attributes using several advertising slogans of the day:
- The lyrics refer to the woman as "so round, so firm, so fully packed, that's my gal," borrowing from the Lucky Strike slogan "So round, so firm, so fully packed, so free and easy on the draw."
- The lyrics continue, "You can bet your boots I'd walk a mile," referencing the slogan for Camel cigarettes.
- The lyrics assert that, "If you don't think she's a lot of fun, just aske the man who owns one," incorporating the slogan from Packard automobiles ("Just ask the man who owns one."[4]
- Finally, the lyric continue, "She's got the pause that's so refreshing", incorporating the Coca-Cola slogan "The pause that refreshes".
