upped and...

[Page Stephens]

I have known a lot of people who up and died since I was raised in southern
Illinois in the 1950s. I can't explain it but they just up and died.

Normally it refers to sudden deaths.

Page Stephens

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> "Mr. Bojangles," (c) by JJ Walker in 1967, and covered by Bob Dylan, the
> Dirt Band, everyone and their uncle.  A Web site claiming to be quoting
the
> liner notes on Walker's album has it:
> "His dog up and died, he up and died."
> --Tom Kysilko
>
> At 7/13/2004 04:49 PM -0500, Jim Parish wrote:
> >Orin Hargraves wrote:
> > > Another pop. cult. cite is in the 1970s song "Mr. Bojangles," which I
> > haven't
> > > got a recording of, but in my head the lyric is:
> > >
> > > The dog up and died,
> > > he up and died.
> >
> >Your memory is correct. (I do have a recording; it's by the Nitty Gritty
> >Dirt Band.)
>
>
>    Tom Kysilko        Practical Data Services
>    pds at visi.com       Saint Paul MN USA
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