"Gwine"

[Wilson Gray]

On Feb 23, 2005, at 12:17 PM, sagehen wrote:

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>> "Gwine" became an iconic spelling in minstrel songs: Foster's "Gwine
>> to
>> run all night, gwine to run all day!" and "I'm gwine to Louisiana
>> with my
>> banjo on my knee!" come to mind instantly.
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>> JL
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> I suppose it says something about my (forbidden subject) politics that
> the
> first thing that came to my mind was:
> "Gwine-a lay down my sword & shield
> Down by the riverside...."
> A. Murie
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When I was a child (1940's), we had a recording of this by Thomas A.
Dorsey, who was known as the blues singer, "Georgia Tom," till he
allowed Jesus into his heart and accepted Him as his personal Savior,
on the Vocalion label. This version had "gona."

-Wilson Gray