Take a Lefty Frizzell

My old man is a fine product of the Texas oral tradition, and he has always coined his own words and phrases. For example, when I am driving and he is passenging (yes, I make up my own words, too), he will tell me to "take a Lefty Frizzell." A "Lefty Frizzell," incidentally, is a left turn. I imagine the phrase is a play off of "take a Hank Snow," with "a Hank Snow" meaning a U-turn. "Pulling (or taking) a Hank Snow" is a fairly common phrase among the old timers, though I have never heard anyone other than my old man say "take a Lefty Frizzell." If you've heard this term before, drop me a line. I'm curious to know if other folks say it, too.

Here is a little honkytonk tune by Lefty Frizzell.