[Ads-l] Antedating of "Hillbilly Music"

[Shapiro, Fred]

hillbilly music (OED, 2., 1924)

1922 Sea Coast Echo (Bay St. Louis, Miss.) 19 Aug. 2/4 (Newspapers.com)

Now all of them citizens what don't own or possess such a thing as a Gas Wagon, can pedal down with Ease an' watch the Mullets do the Sealey Wobble to the tune of Hill-Billy music.

Fred Shapiro





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