[78-L] My Man From Caroline

Kristjan Saag saag at telia.com
Fri Dec 21 13:18:45 PST 2012


Thanks, Cary and Don for your efforts!
I, honestly, thought I had stumbled on some general knowledge, unknown 
to non USresidents.
Now I'm getting really curious.
Kristjan

On 2012-12-21 22:04, Cary Ginell wrote:
> I posed your question to Alvin Sussman, who heads up the publisher that represents the Donaldson estate. We'll see if they respond with anything concrete.
>
> Cary Ginell
>
> On Dec 21, 2012, at 12:14 PM, Kristjan Saag <saag at telia.com> wrote:
>
>> 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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