Dear Sun Spots: After good results with previous requests, I’m back for help in locating a type of thread I can no longer find in local stores. It is Aunt Lydia’s and is a heavier weight which is great for sewing buttons on to stay. It is stronger than regular thread and doesn’t break. Your assistance is appreciated. Thanks. – No Name, Auburn.

Answer: According to Royal Yarns International, Coats & Clark is the world’s premier manufacturer of fine crochet threads. Aunt Lydia’s, J&P Coats and Opera are some of their most popular brands offering a wide selecting of crochet thread qualities and colors. Try contacting Nancy Lulli at (202) 215-2300. She recommends you call her and order it, or you can also order online at www.royalyarns.com.

Dear Sun Spots: I would like to find the lyrics to Gretchen Wilson’s Redneck Woman. Thanks a lot. – A steady fan and reader.

Answer: Sun Spots located the following lyrics:



Well I ain’t never

Been the Barbie doll type

No I can’t swig that sweet champagne

I’d rather drink beer all night

In a tavern or in a honky tonk

Or on a 4 wheel drive tailgate

I’ve got posters on my wall of Skynard, Kid and Strait

Some people look down on me

But I don’t give a rip

I’ll stand barefooted in my own front yard with a baby on my hip

Cause I’m a redneck woman

And I ain’t no high class broad

I’m just a product of my raisin’

And I say “hey y’all” and “Yee Haw”

And I keep my Christmas lights on, on my front porch all year long

And I know all the words to every Charlie Daniels song

So here’s to all my sisters out there keepin’ it country

Let me get a big “Hell Yeah” from the redneck girls like me

Hell Yeah

Hell Yeah

Victoria’s Secret

Well their stuff’s real nice

Oh but I can buy the same damn thing on a Wal*Mart shelf half price

And still look sexy

Just as sexy

As those models on TV

No I don’t need no designer tag to make my man want me

You might think I’m trashy

A little too hard core

But get in my neck of the woods

I’m just the girl next door

Hey I’m redneck woman

And I ain’t no high class broad

I’m just a product of my raisin’

And I say “hey y’all” and “Yee Haw”

And I keep my Christmas lights on, on my front porch all year long

And I know all the words to every Tanya Tucker song

So here’s to all my sisters out there keeping it country

Let me get a big “Hell Yeah” from the redneck girls like me

Hell Yeah

Hell Yeah

I’m redneck woman

And I ain’t no high class broad

I’m just a product of my raisin’

And I say “hey y’all” and “Yee Haw”

And I keep my Christmas lights on, on my front porch all year long

And I know all the words to every Ol’ Bocephus song

So here’s to all my sisters out there keeping it country

Let me get a big “Hell Yeah” from the redneck girls like me

Hell Yeah

Hell Yeah

Hell Yeah

Hell Yeah

Hell Yeah

Hell Yeah

I Said Hell Yeah



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