"Creeks don't rise" (1901, 1908)

[Laurence Horn]

At 2:56 PM -0500 2/21/07, Wilson Gray wrote:
>FWIW, a black Saint Louis DJ, George "The G" Logan,  used "Be the Good
>Lord willing and the creeks don't rise" as one of his many
>catch-phrases, ca.1950 >. There was some discussion, at the time,
>amongst listeners as to whether "creeks" was actually "Creeks" and not
>"creeks." Naturally, The G was too smart to clear this up  Most of us
>associated the phrase with '40's horse operas, hence "Creeks" was
>considered a valid alternative. The 1901 cite from Australia appears
>to solve the problem in favor of "creeks."

I seem to recall our having a go-round on creeks and Creeks (not)
rising a while ago, with the likely verdict in favor of the former.
Archive, anyone?

LH

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