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Bob Dylan ♪ asked in Education & ReferenceWords & Wordplay · 8 years ago

What is the meaning behind, Jimmy Crack Corn?

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  • Flynn
    Lv 7
    8 years ago
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    Back in the 1800's that was a popular folk song. On the farm they had to "crack" or pick corn. It must have been horribly tedious work.

  • Lady Chattergee
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    8 years ago

    I don't care - my master's gone away.

    Tounge-in -cheek lament spiritual about the death of a slave owner possibly as a result of a head injury when drunk. Lots of variants of the song aka the Blue Tailed Fly.

  • Tigger
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    I don't care

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