[78-L] Jukin' (Ski Jump)

[Kristjan Saag]

I wrote:
> Winter Olympics time - which reminds me of a tune recorded by Woody
> Herman & His Orchestra in 1940: "Jukin' (Ski Jump)".
> What on earth does the title refer to?
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Julian Vein wrote:
 > From "Tell Your Story" by Eric Townley, Storyville 1976:
> "Driving to a roadside bar with a girl and stopping to drink and dance,
> generally to music from a juke box..., leaving and going to another bar,
> and continuing in the same manner throughout the evening,"
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Thanks, Julian.
My Webster also says:
Juke (mainly south): to mess around.
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Dan Van Landingham wrote:

>I never made the connection of "ski jump" with Herman's Decca of "Jukin'".
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It has "Ski Jump" in parenthesis on some issues and in Rust. I haven't seen 
the original.

Kristjan