"Mop" in Caldonia (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Paul]

then there was "RAG MOP' 1950 Though Caladonia


  M
  I say M-O
  M-O-P
  M-O-P-P
  Mop
  M-O-P-P
  Mop Mop Mop Mop

  R
  I say R-A
  R-A-G
  R-A-G-G
  Rag
  R-A-G-G M-O-P-P
  Rag Mop

  Doo-doo-doo-DAH-dee-ah-dah
  Rag Mop
  Doo-doo-doo-DAH-dee-ah-dah
  Rag Mop
  Doo-doo-doo-DAH-dee-ah-dah
  Rag Mop
  Doo-doo-doo-DAH-dee-ah-dah
  Rag Mop
  Doo-doo-doo-DAH-dee-ah-dah
  R-A-G-G M-O-P-P
  Rag Mop!

  A
  I say A-B
  A-B-C
  A-B-C-D
  A-B-C-D-E
  A-B-C-D-E-F-G-H

  I
  I say M-O
  M-O-P
  M-O-P-P
  Mop
  M-O-P-P
  Mop Mop Mop Mop

  R
  I say R-A
  R-A-G
  R-A-G-G
  Rag
  R-A-G-G M-O-P-P
  Rag Mop

  Doo-doo-doo-DAH-dee-ah-dah
  Rag Mop
  Doo-doo-doo-DAH-dee-ah-dah
  Rag Mop
  Doo-doo-doo-DAH-dee-ah-dah
  Rag Mop
  Doo-doo-doo-DAH-dee-ah-dah
  Rag Mop
  Doo-doo-doo-DAH-dee-ah-dah
  R-A-G-G M-O-P-P
  Rag Mop!




Wilson Gray wrote:
> It's just an exclamation used to mark the beat, probably originally a
> variation on "bop," or the other way around, though possibly not,
> since "bop" may be a clip of "be-bop." Or not. IAC, it's completely
> without meaning.
>
> I remember Louis Jordan & The Tympany Five very well, since they were
> featured in dozens of Sepiatone movies made for the cinematic version
> of the chitlin circuit. Therre wasn't anything similar for Charlie
> Yardbird and le grand Dizzy. I know when (be-)bop was hip, but I have
> no useful idea as to when or how the term came about. Other people
> have ideas about this, but I have no more faith in
> their ideas than I have in my own.
> WRT to movies, you never knew what chitlin-circuit flick you might
> see. Would you believe, e.g. Roy Acuff's "Night Train to Memphis" and
> various shorts by the Sons of the Pioneers and Bob Wills and the Texas
> Playboys? These were in addition to the usual Westerns featuring Ken
> Maynard and "Tarzan," The Wonder Horse, Whip Wilson, Lash Larue, and
> other giants of the field.
>
> -Wilson
> ------
>
>
>

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