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Thread #52464 Message #807027
Posted By: GUEST,Richie
19-Oct-02 - 11:44 PM
Thread Name: Origin: Jim Along Josey / Jim Along Josie
Subject: RE: Jim Along Josie: lyrics and origin
It's easy to see the folk process at work here. Compare the above post to the third verse of my original post:
Oh! When I get dat new coat I expects to hab soon, Likewise new pair tight-kneed trousaloon, Den I walk up and down Broadway wid my Suzanna, And the white folks will take me to be Santa Anna.