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Thread #157198   Message #3708456
Posted By: mayomick
12-May-15 - 02:37 PM
Thread Name: Cain't
Subject: Cain't
"I was raised in the canebrake by an ol' mama lion
Cain't no-a high-toned woman make me walk the line"


Does anyone know if the slang "cain't" ,as used in Tennessee Ernie Ford's Sixteen Tons,is still used? It's presumably a mix between "can't" and "ain't".