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Thread #52464   Message #803732
Posted By: GUEST,Richie
15-Oct-02 - 02:11 PM
Thread Name: Origin: Jim Along Josey / Jim Along Josie
Subject: Lyr Add: JIM ALONG JOSIE
JIM ALONG JOSIE
From: Slavery Dance Song's (On-line)

Caller: Oh, I'm from Louisiana, as you all know
       That's where Jim-Along-Josey's all the go.
       The *Black folk's rise when the bell do ring
       And this is the song that they do sing:

Group:        Hey get along Jim-Along Josey
       Hey get along Jim Along Jo!

Caller:        Away down south, a long ways off,                        
       The bullfrog died with the whooping cough.
       And on the other side of Mississippi, as you know                
Was where I first called Jim Along Jo.        

Group:        Hey get along Jim-Along Josey!
       Hey get along Jim Along Jo!

Notes: *I believe this was edited here for racial content. Chorus is similar (Hey! Black-eyed Susie) also to "Black-Eyed Susie". The phrase "all the go" is like the current slang phrase "all that". They are both used to refer to something that is considered the best, or the most favorite, or something that is the done in the latest, most popular style. (see notes in my above post).

-Richie