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Song «Blue Tail Fly» von Burl Ives & Andrews Sisters.
Fakten
Veröffentlichungsdaten: 1948 07 (Single), 1947 10 01 (Rec.)
Label: Decca [USA] 24463
Songwriter Daniel Decatur Emmett & Huddie Ledbetter
Produktion:
Genre: Traditionalpop - Vocalpop - Folkpop
Annotationen
Ein alter Minstrel-Song, den die Virginia Minstrels in den 1840er Jahren gesungen haben.
Die meisten versionen des Lieds, singen den Text in idomatischem American English während diese Version für den Popmarkt General American English verwendet. Diese Art der Interpretation würde gut in ein Musikcal passen, statt in eine Minstrel Show.
Der Song ist aus der Perspektive eines Sklaven gesungen, dessen Herr und Meister bei einem Reitunfall ums Leben kommt. Der Subtext indes lässt die Leseweise zu, dass der Sklave den Tod nicht verhindert oder gar gefördert hat. Trauergesang auf der Oberfläche und schelmischer Freudengesang im Subtext.
Personen und Querverweise
Burl Ives
Andrews Sisters
Daniel Decatur Emmett
Huddie Ledbetter
Lyrics
When I was young, I used to wait On the boss and give him his plate And pass him the bottle when he got dry And brush away the blue tail fly Jimmy, crack corn and I don't care Jimmy, crack corn and I don't care Jimmy, crack corn and I don't care My master's gone away And When he would ride in the afternoon I'd follow after, with a hickory broom The pony being rather shy When bitten by blue tail fly Jimmy, crack corn and I don't care Jimmy, crack corn and I don't care Jimmy, crack corn and I don't care My master's gone away One day, he ride around the farm The flies so numerous, they did swarm One chanced to bite him on the thigh The devil take the blue tail fly Jimmy, crack corn and I don't care Jimmy, crack corn and I don't care Jimmy, crack corn and I don't care My master's gone away You might also like Rum and Coca-Cola The Andrews Sisters I Can See You (Taylor’s Version) [From The Vault] Taylor Swift MY EYES Travis Scott The pony run, he jumped, he pitch He threw my master in the ditch He died and the jury wondered why The verdict was the blue tail fly Jimmy, crack corn and I don't care Jimmy, crack corn and I don't care Jimmy, crack corn and I don't care My master's gone away They lay him under a 'simmon tree His epitaph is there to see "Beneath this stone, I'm forced to lie Victim of the blue tail fly" Jimmy, crack corn and I don't care Jimmy, crack corn and I don't care Jimmy, crack corn and I don't care My master's gone away