[Ads-l] Antedating of "Coon Song"

Shapiro, Fred fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Sat Sep 28 19:05:17 UTC 2024


coon song (OED 1870)

1842 Weekly Plain Dealer 10 Aug. 3/1 (Newspapers.com)

"O! have you heard the news from Indiana!"  OLD COON SONG.

Fred Shapiro

------------------------------------------------------------
The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org


More information about the Ads-l mailing list