Dialect variation in the Times

[Eric Nielsen]

Brownie Mcghee sang extra verses:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_xnOhXIpHg

Of course, he could probably sing them all day long.

Eric



On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 2:30 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 7:17 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>
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> > William Charles Segar in 1940
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> That's the guy who drew "Popeye," right?
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> And who knew that the song was so recent?
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> Are the words to the Broonzy version those that Segar wrote? The words
> to the Walter and the Derek versions differ  both from Broonzy and
> from each other. And Walter sings "I've" and not "I"." I regret the
> error.
>
> As it happens, I've actually heard only Walter's version and the
> mistitled "Keep" version. It has, needless to say, words different
> from those of all other versions. IMO, the differences are all too
> trivial to be worth citing.
>
> Sadly, only the version attributed to Broonzy mentions Texas in its lyrics.
>
> There's a song entitled "T-99" that's also found as "Tee-Nah-Nah."
>
> When The Stones substutue "_hurt_ my nose open," for "_had_ …," are
> they using a more-familiar-to-them idiom? Or did they just fuck that
> one up, as they did with the Texas Afro-Rockabilly hit, "Linda Lu"?
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