[78-L] My Man From Caroline

[Kristjan Saag]

Oh, I thought "Crying For The Carolines" was about those islands in 
Polynesia.;-)
Kristjan


On 2012-12-21 21:20, Don Chichester wrote:
> 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".
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> Don Chichester
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>> 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
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>> 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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