"Gwine"

[Wilson Gray]

On Feb 28, 2005, at 5:29 PM, Mullins, Bill wrote:

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> Bile that cabbidge down, boys
> Bile that cabbidge down

Lay that pistol down, babe
Lay that pistol down
Pistol-packin' mama
Lay that pistol down

"Pistol-Packin' Mama," a popular song of the '40's, younguns, appears
to be a rip-off of "Bile that Cabbidge."

-Wilson

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>> I think that we'd be safe assuming "goin" instead of "going"
>> as our source for "gwine," And how about "bile" for "boil"?
>> We probably could come up with several more, if we put our
>> moinds to it. ;-)
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