[78-L] My Man From Caroline

[Kristjan Saag]

A bit surprised: just one answer to my question - and that one only gave 
a hint.
So I humbly ask (from a European perspective): is the question too 
sillyand the answer too obvious - from a Northern American persepctive - 
or doesn't anyone really know?!
Kristjan





On 2012-12-20 02:12, Kristjan Saag wrote:
> Does anyone have a clue about where Walt Donaldson's "My Man From
> Caroline" is from? Caroline County in Virginia? Or one of the Carolinas?
> The song ends with the words
>
> Nothing could be finer
> than to be in Carolina
> with my man from Caroline.
>
> And there's a minstrel song, "Dandy Joe" that goes:
>
> I've often heard it said of late
> Dat Souf Carolina was de state,
> Whar handsome Niggars bound to shine,
> Like "Dandy Jim from Caroline."
>
> So: is "Caroline" dialectal for Carolina?
> Kristjan
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