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Thread #49421   Message #2980394
Posted By: Lighter
05-Sep-10 - 11:08 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Yeller Gals - Doodle or Do Not?
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Yeller Gals - Doodle or Do Not?
Somebody (Grainger?) observed that some of his elderly singers (who'd learned their style in the mid 19th Century) liked to insert a "d" before double l's: "roadling" for "rolling," for example).

"Doodle" could have resulted from "do let." But I'm not going to lose any sleep over ir.