Fancy

What is the meaning of the song "Fancy" by Reba McEntire?

I just watched the video and I kinda understood some of it. But the only thing I want to know is did her mama sell her to be a prostitute? I don't know. Please don't be rude about it I don't really take kindly to that. I just want answers. No rude comments please. Thanks for the help

Public Comments

1. yes
2. Girl was kicked out of the house when she was a teenager because her family had no money. She becomes a prostitute. She becomes this successful call girl and makes a ton of money and buys a big house. Her mom dies and her little brother is taken away by the state. It's a real upper!
3. This question was asked a few times on yahoo. The link is below.
4. YES SHE DID great video along with a great singer
5. yep her mama got her a fancy dress so she'd be appealing towards the older fellas and I took as possibly a sugar daddy kinda thing but, yeah it would be more accurate to say prostitutuion as they were dirt poor and the younger sibling was deathly ill and she couldn't afford to take care of all three of them "Fancy" had the best chance to a better/new life and as she got older and became well off she revisited her old homestead.... Sad song/video actually but, it happens.... hope this helped... the other post had it right and the other post that mentioned about your ? being a repeat was referring to your search button above that way when u type in your info re: your ? it will pop up if it has been asked previously. I was hounded about asking a repeat ? in the sports section.. man some of them were brutal... I think I'll stick to the country section these folks are kinder... lol Happy New Year to you..
6. Yes, so she could survive in a man's world.
7. I don't think I've ever seen the video, but that song is definitely a Country Classic. Yes, her mother did prostitute her. She felt it was the only way to get her daughter out of their life of poverty and to give her things she (the mother) never had nor could provide her daughter with...like some lavish or nice things. It's a sad tale that makes for a great song. That's the great thing about Country music--it's all in the lyrics! It's what I like to call "white folks blues".
8. Yes she was sold as a Prostitute. That was the idea of just be nice to the gentleman and they will be nice to you. I know to a degree you could pick up the idea of an escort, but remember that this is a cover of a song from like the 70s or something. Oh and consider the end about the line about a lot of people would criticize her momma for turning her out. Well today we would say TRICKING her out, but that was the term at that time I guess.
9. Her mother was very poor,she was sick& had a baby to care for.in desperation she moved her daughter doun town to be a hooker,hoping to be able to care for the baby.but things fell apart & mom died,the county took the baby. fancy got a good life,if you could call it that,pouring tea for some rich guy
10. The Southern Gothic style-song tells the tale of an impoverished mother whose husband has recently abandoned the family. She buys her daughter a red "dancing dress" and encourages her to "be nice to the gentleman" (implying prostitution) as a means to gain financial independence. Told from the perspective of a woman (named Fancy) approximately thirty-two, looking back to when she was an eighteen-year-old girl, the song describes their poverty and her mother's predicament, and recalls her mother's parting words: "Here's your one chance, Fancy, don't let me down." Soon after, Fancy's mother dies and her baby sibling becomes a ward of the state. In the song, the girl ends up using connections she makes to build a better life for herself, eventually making peace with her mother, and acknowledging the difficult decision she had to make.
11. Even though it's clear she didn't want to, Fancy's mother did in fact let her become a prostitute so she wouldn't have to grow up poor as she had. Since she was 18, welfare couldn't take Fancy away as they did her little sister, so basically her mother's final wish was to make sure her daughter had a better life, no matter what it took to get it.