[78-L] My Man From Caroline

[Don Chichester]

Living as I do in Virginia, just north of the Carolinas (North and South) I think I can say that the term Caroline or Carolines refers to both N & S Carolina, as in "Back to the Carolina I Love".
 
Don Chichester
 

> Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 21:14:49 +0100
> From: saag at telia.com
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Subject: Re: [78-L] My Man From Caroline
> 
> 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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