The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #117165 Message #3770136
Posted By: GUEST
02-Feb-16 - 12:59 PM
Thread Name: Curly headed piccaninny
Subject: RE: Curly headed piccaninny
It means beyond civilisation, as the native Irish were considered by the Irish- born people of English extraction who lived in the territory which they defended against them, a fairly small area based on Dublin.
And what's "complicated" about seeing the only reason that anyone would wish to revive a song containing terms like "piccaninny" and "coon" as a desire to cause offence? It's not as though the world is short of songs.