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Thread #53489 Message #823420
Posted By: Kim C
11-Nov-02 - 12:05 PM
Thread Name: Dixie-new origin theory on NPR-interestimg
Subject: RE: Dixie-new origin theory on NPR-interestimg
That he may have borrowed it from someone else may be true. But I'm not sure about the lyrics representing slavery as a paradise: the lyrics are largely nonsense, like a lot of minstrel tunes were.
Buckwheat cakes and injun batter
Makes you fat or a little fatter
Look away, look away, look away, Dixie Land
Hmm...