Talkin' Trash

[Baker, John]

        Merriam-Webster has 1981 for trash talk, but how old is talkin(g) trash?  Here's a 1946 use in the song "Let the Good Times Roll," by Fleecie Moore and Sam Theard.  This is my transcription from the 6-26-46 recording by Louis Jordan:

>>Don't sit there mumblin'
And talkin' trash
If you want to have a ball
You got to go out and spend some cash
Let the good times roll
Let the good times roll
Don't care if you young or old
Get together, let the good times roll.<<

John Baker