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Thread #31041   Message #925846
Posted By: Stewie
04-Apr-03 - 01:45 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: songs by Uncle Dave Macon
Subject: RE: ADD: Uncle Dave Macon Lyrics
Further to the matter of 'dominecker' chooks, Gershon Legman in his notes to Randolph's 'Unprintable Ozark Folksongs and Folklore' gives this delightful quatrain:

Said the dominecker rooster to the bow-legged hen
I ain't had any since the Lord knows when
So rustle up your feathers and h'ist up your tail
'Cause I'm goin' to have a little if I have to go to jail

Legman also confirms Lin's definition above, stating that 'Dominecker' refers literally to 'gray-barred, rose-combed Dominique chickens'. He notes also that 'bow-legged', when referring to a girl or woman, almost always means having had extensive sexual experience. [Vance Randolph, Ed G. Legman 'Blow the Candle Out: Unprintable Ozark Folksongs and Folklore Vol II' Uni Arkansas Press 1992, p 599].

--Stewie.