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Thread #18657 Message #187124
Posted By: Troll
29-Feb-00 - 08:36 PM
Thread Name: 'Coon Songs' Your Thoughts About Them
Subject: RE: Help: 'Coon Songs' Your Thoughts About Them
It just occurred to me that the "boy" in Chatanooga Choo-Choo could be a kid with a shoeshine box. It was one of the few ways that an urban kid had to make money back when the song was written. The other was selling newspapers.