| Johnny Roach |
Article Index for Johnny |
Website Links For Johnny |
Information AboutJohnny Roach |
| CATEGORIES ABOUT JOHNNY ROACH | |
| blackface minstrel songs | |
| 1859 songs | |
| SHOPPER'S DELIGHT | |
|
:To Canada old John was bound :All by de Railroad Underground ; :He's got no clothes—he's got no "tin" :He wishes he was back agin.Quoted in Nathan 244. The song is notable for being the first printed reference to the South as “Dixie’s Land”: :Gib me de place called "Dixie's Land," :Wid hoe and shubble in my hand; :Whar fiddles ring an' banjos play, :I'll dance all night an' work all day. A portion of the chorus was repeated in " Dixie " with slight variation.Nathan 254. NOTES REFERENCES
|