(funny) Tune names

Subject: RE: (funny) Tune names
From: Scoville
Date: 22 Mar 06 - 03:24 PM

"Jake Leg" refers to the Jamaica ginger extract that was used to flavor hooch during Prohibition. I believe there were a lot of accidental poisonings from bad bathtub liquor (hence "jake leg"--"jake" as slang for Jamaica ginger and "leg" for staggering around in a stupor). The extract itself was also mostly alcohol so it could be drunk alone if you could stand the taste.

Subject: RE: (funny) Tune names
From: Scoville
Date: 22 Mar 06 - 03:26 PM

Not that Wikipedia is infallible, but here's one point of view.

And here's a bit more.

Subject: RE: (funny) Tune names
From: Stewart
Date: 22 Mar 06 - 04:51 PM

Or is it "Merrily Kiss the Quaker's Wife" ?

Cheers, S. in Settle

Subject: RE: (funny) Tune names
From: Scoville
Date: 22 Mar 06 - 05:18 PM

I;ve heard both titles but I don't know if they're the same tune. I learned it first as Merrily Kiss the Quaker. (Actually, the Quaker's wife would presumably be a Quaker, also, so it doesn't make much difference).

Subject: RE: (funny) Tune names
From: michaelr
Date: 28 Mar 06 - 06:29 PM

Ooh, a new one   --   from the new Lunasa CD "Se":

The Dingle Berries