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Thread #10803   Message #1286831
Posted By: Azizi
02-Oct-04 - 10:16 AM
Thread Name: Cadence or Marching Songs
Subject: RE: Cadence or Marching Songs
This comment is in tune with the rainy weather we're having in Pittsburgh today:

It just occurred to me that the cadence refrain "he ain't gonna jump no more" sounds very much like the African American antebellum dance song refrains "Ain't gonna {gwine} rain no more" and "Ain't gonna work no more."

Has anyone else written about this similarity?

I see that there is a thread for "Ain't gonna rain no more". I will post this observation there also.