herikan [sp?]

[Garson O'Toole]

Lyrics websites sometimes differ in their transcriptions. (Song lyrics
are productive mondegreen generators.) The version of the verse
containing hurricane on lyricsfreak is the most common. It is
replicated on multiple lyrics websites, but it also seems to be the
least accurate (to my ear). The version given at the domain
hereinstead is the most accurate (to my ear).

Rock and Roll Music (Rock n Roll Music, Rock & Roll Music) - Chuck Berry

>From lyricsfreak

I took my loved one over cross the tracks
So she can hear my man await a sax,
I must admit the have a rockin' band,
Man they were going like a hurricane

>From hereinstead:

I took my loved one over cross the tracks
So she can hear my man a wailin' sax,
I must admit they have a rockin' band,
Man they were blowin like a hurricane

>From lyrics007:

I took my loved one over 'cross the tracks
So she could her my man a - whalin' sax
I must admit they have a rockin' band
Man they were goin' like a hurricane


On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 9:13 PM, Benjamin Zimmer
<bgzimmer at babel.ling.upenn.edu> wrote:
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> Subject:      Re: herikan [sp?]
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> And see our discussion back in '05...
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> On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 8:54 PM, Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > I took my loved one over cross the tracks
>> > So she can hear my man await a sax,
>> > I must admit the have a rockin' band,
>> > Man they were going like a hurricane
>> > That's why I go for that
>> > Rock and Roll music .....
>>
>> On 6/6/2010 8:38 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:
>> >
>> > The phrase, "like a hurricane" [hErI.k&n], occurs in a song by Chuck
>> > Berry. Unfortunately, Neil Young has written - or should that be,
>> > "wrote"? - a song with the title, Like A Hurricane, which comes up
>> > whether I try "hurricane," "herrican," "herikan," etc. No doubt the
>> > title of the Berry song will eventually return to me. IAC, "h[E]rikan"
>> > is a common BE pronunciation of _hurricane_, just as [hErI] for
>> > "hurry" is so common that it was once likewise common in the speech of
>> > your humble correspondent.
>> >
>> > (Jon, you go, boy!)
>> >
>> > On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 5:30 PM, Jonathan Lighter<wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> >>
>> >> In my experience, a "hurricane" is a wooded area that's been flattened by a
>> >> hurricane or a tornado.
>> >>
>> >> On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 5:22 PM, Michael Sheehan<wordmall at aol.com>  wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Inquiry from a local teacher:  "In conversation on several occasions
>> >>> the term "herikan" (not sure how to spell it) came up. It's evidently
>> >>> a hillbilly type term meaning way out in the country. Perhaps it's
>> >>> similar to boondocks?  Do you have any resources that might lead to
>> >>> its origin?
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