Hawkins/The Hawk (1936, in Chicago Defender)

[Wilson Gray]

If I don't love you, baby, old folk don't call cover "kivver" and the Lone
Ranger don't call his white horse "Silver"!

Part of the rap of Amos "Yo' Panyo" Doston, a DJ in St. Louis during the
'50's, quoted here only for its use of "kivver," which rhymes with "Silver"
in speech. The whole bit is a pun on a then-popular song by Little Willie
John, otherwise known as the person who composed and originally recorded the
song, "Fever," which was later covered by Peggy Lee.

-Wilson

On 4/23/06, Bapopik at aol.com <Bapopik at aol.com > wrote:
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> FWIW, the first Chicago citation of "Hawkins," found by  accident.
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> 24 October 1936, Chicago <i>Defender</i>, "Bronzeville in  Chicago" by
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> J. Gentry, pg. 20:
> <i>"HAWKINS"</i>
> And these cold mornings are on us -- in other words "Hawkins" has got us.
> Many of us didn't have time to think about our "kivvers," for "Hawkins"
> sneaked
> upon us overnight.Some smarty has launched a smart number titled, "When
> Winter  Comes, Will You Be Ready?"
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