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Subject: Origins: Bo-Bo? From: outfidel Date: 01 Oct 03 - 04:03 PM I saw this question on another forum, and I figured if anyone knows the answer, it would be a Mudcatter: A number of Prewar groups recorded songs with the term Bo-Bo in the title. King David's Jug Band - Georgia Bo-Bo The Birmingham Jubilee Singers - Louisiana Bo-Bo Taskiana Four - Dixie Bo-Bo Norfolk Jazz And Jubilee Quartetes - Louisiana Bo-Bo Does anyone know what Bo-Bo means? |
Subject: RE: Origins: Bo-Bo? From: Inükshük Date: 01 Oct 03 - 04:15 PM How about the Good Brothers "Everybody Honks on Bo-Bo"? |
Subject: RE: Origins: Bo-Bo? From: Q (Frank Staplin) Date: 01 Oct 03 - 05:25 PM I remember anyone named Beauregard in the South ended up with the nickname Bo (or Bo Bo). Add beau meaning handsome or pretty to that- But it may just be a rhyme for Cajun 'fait do do". |
Subject: RE: Origins: Bo-Bo? From: Mark Clark Date: 01 Oct 03 - 05:41 PM BOBO is sometimes used as a shortening of Bourgeoise Bohemian but my reference doesn't indicate how old that usage is. - Mark |
Subject: RE: Origins: Bo-Bo? From: GUEST,catherine yronwode Date: 20 Jul 15 - 11:49 AM Beau Beau seems less likely than an African word retention. It always refers to a dance, as far as i know. That is, the "meaning" may be that it is the name of a specific dance move. |
Subject: RE: Origins: Bo-Bo? From: GUEST Date: 20 Jul 15 - 03:09 PM A totally different meaning probably, but a Bo-Bo can be a locomotive, with a certain arrangement of wheels see Wikki. There may be other urban or cultural uses, but that is one use anyway. |
Subject: RE: Origins: Bo-Bo? From: Jack Campin Date: 20 Jul 15 - 03:53 PM A tune called Kitty Bo-Bo is in the Northumbrian Minstrelsy. It was used as rapper dance tune (and is nothing like any tune currently used for that). |
Subject: RE: Origins: Bo-Bo? From: GUEST Date: 20 Jul 15 - 04:12 PM I see in one source, that a Bo-Bo "is an African name for a baby boy". I can't comment on the accuracy, but that is one given meaning. |
Subject: RE: Origins: Bo-Bo? From: GUEST,Joseph Scott Date: 20 Jul 15 - 09:42 PM "Georgia Bo-Bo" by Jo Trent and Fats Waller was copyrighted 4/23/26. "Dixie Bo Bo" by Mike Jackson was copyrighted 7/21/27. "Louisiana Bo Bo" by Ted Nixon was copyrighted 2/25/28. Joseph H. Trent (1892-1954) reportedly grew up in Illinois and Ohio, so his "Georgia Bo-Bo" may have had little to do with the South. Other titles by Trent: "In Harlem's Araby," "Bottomland," "The Zulu Blues," "I Got Worry," "Jig Walk," "Yam Brown," "Wringin' And Twistin'," "Deacon Jazz." |
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