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Thread #36781 Message #2038403
Posted By: Azizi
28-Apr-07 - 10:32 PM
Thread Name: Origin: Rolling to Cairo Town / Roustabout Song
Subject: RE: Rolling to Cairo Town/Background
It's not surprising that "Coonjine" has come to be known as "Coonshine".
Here's the lyrics to the children's song "Coomshine Baby" as found in Bessie Jones' and Bess Lomax Hawes' book "Step It Down: Games, Plays, Songs, and Stories from the Afro-American Heritage"; p. 131
Coonshine, coonshine baby, Coonshine on the sly, Mama don't 'low me to coonshine, Papa don't 'low me to try, Onliest way I coonshine, I coonshine on the sly.
Coonshine, coonshine baby, Coonshine, coonshine baby, Coonshine, coonshine baby, Coonshine on the sly,
Someday I'm gonna coonshine, Coonshine anyhow Mama don't 'low me to coonshine, Papa don't 'low me to try, Onliest way I coonshine, I coonshine on the sly.