Junker/Junko/Junco Partner

[Benjamin Zimmer]

On Jan 20, 2008 7:13 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Jan 20, 2008 1:14 PM, Benjamin Zimmer <bgzimmer at babel.ling.upenn.edu> wrote:
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> > (BTW, Champion Jack Dupree recorded "Junker Blues" in 1941, but it
> > doesn't appear to be the same song.)
>
> Isn't that "Junker'_s_ Blues"?

If these sites are to be believed, the original 78 (OKeh 06152) has
"Junker Blues":

http://www.wirz.de/music/duprefrm.htm
http://settlet.fateback.com/OK6000.htm

But some later releases have "Junker's Blues".

--Ben Zimmer

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