Where Did The Song Jenny Crack Corn Originate
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A little over a week ago, NPR had an illuminating and poignant report on the the racist beginnings of the ice cream truck song. The song's melody, it turns out, was popularized in antebellum minstrel shows where the lyrics \"parodied a free black man attempting to conform to white high society by dressing in fine clothes and using big words.\" To make matters worse, that song became the basis for an offensive folk song in 1916 titled, \"Nigger Love A Watermelon Ha! Ha! Ha!\" before turning into the melody that beckons ice cream seekers today.
The meaning: The song is about a slave and the death of his master. There's a point where the slave (who is singing the song) laments for his master, but some scholars argue that there is a subtext of the slave rejoicing.
Jimmy Crack CornFolk SongWhen I was young I used to waitOn the master and hand him his plate;And pass the bottle when he got dry,And brush away the blue tail fly.(Chorus)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.When he would ride in the afternoon,I'd follow him with my hickory broom,The pony being rather shy,When bitten by the blue-tail fly.(Chorus)One day he rode 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.(Chorus)The pony run, he jump and pitch,And tumble master in the ditch;He died, the jury wondered why,The verdict was the blue tail fly.(Chorus)They buried him 'neath the sycamore treeHis epitaph is there to see,\"Beneath this stone I'm forced to lie,A victim of a blue tail fly.\" (Chorus)
Jimmy Crack Corn Folk Song When I was young I used to waitOn the master and hand him his plate;And pass the bottle when he got dry,And brush away the blue tail fly.(Chorus)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.When he would ride in the afternoon,I'd follow him with my hickory broom,The pony being rather shy,When bitten by the blue-tail fly.(Chorus)One day he rode 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.(Chorus)The pony run, he jump and pitch,And tumble master in the ditch;He died, the jury wondered why,The verdict was the blue tail fly.(Chorus)They buried him 'neath the sycamore treeHis epitaph is there to see,\"Beneath this stone I'm forced to lie,A victim of a blue tail fly.\" (Chorus)
There are many songs and movies that I consider classic that, I am afraid, are not politically correct today. Most Sherly Temple movies fall into that catagory. I love Sherly Temple, and she certainly did not write those scripts, but I can see where they would be offensive to some people. Heck, *I* am offended by some of the lines in those movies. The idea that the slaves in those movies were treated well and happy with their station in life as slaves is certainly offensive. Shoo Fly is the same way, I understand why it is offensive and I regretfully support the ban.These movies and songs, however, still have a place in a historical context. They can serve as an example of our changing, and improving, values. They teach that there were segments of society that actually thought the slaves were happy to be slaves, that ruling society can actually delude themselves like that to avoid facing the harsh reality. It raises the question of what are we deluding ourselves with today
The link below points to a web-site with children's songs:Web LinkIt might take a long time to try to research the history of each song, but certainly from looking at the titles for just one category (Action), there are very likely a goodly number of these songs that originated in past times from historical origins that might be considered: \"racist\", \"oppressive\", \"colonial\", \"non-democratic\", \"overly-religious\", \"overly-secular\", etc., by someone.Doubtful that many 18-month old children are going to see the \"nuance\" in these rhymes and lyrics.
There has been much debate over the meaning of \"Jimmy Crack Corn.\" In the original version the lyrics read \"jim crack corn.\" \"Jim crack\" or \"gimcrack\" means shoddily built. Additionally, \"corn\" is considered an American euphemism for \"corn whiskey.\" Other possibilities include:
Most etymologists support the first interpretation, as the term \"cracker\" appears to predate \"corn-cracking.\" Also, \"whipcracker\" has no historical backing. This suggests that, in the chorus, the slaves may be making whiskey and celebrating.
It is also said that Pete Seeger once maintained that the true lyrics were \"gimmie cracked corn; I don't care,\" referencing a punishment in which a slave's rations were reduced to cracked corn and nothing else. In this case, the author would seem to have decided that this severe punishment would be worth the outcome: the death of the master.
A day before Bend-Aid, Bender is at the hotel when Fry and the crew walk in and realize that life is better without television. They turn it on and see the Bend-Aid preview. To everyone's amazement Bender gets up and walks during his speech. The next day during the concert, Bender fakes paralysis, while Fry and the crew proceed to sell Zoidberg's \"Love beads\". Before the concert, Bender is presented with a very large check. During the concert, Bender shows off and dances. Angry, all the broken robots try to re-break Bender. Bender takes Fry's Van and drives it around San Fransisco in a Bullitt-style chase. During the chase, Bender drives the Van off a Hoverbridge and it lands on a spot of land. However, Bender is shot into the air. When Bender surfaces he is immediately hit by Beck's bus and tries to fake being paralyzed again but Beck takes the check back. Bender takes a magnet, sticks it on his head and he walks out into the bay to the van, singing, \"Fry cracked corn and I don't care, Leela cracked corn and I don't care, Bender cracked corn and he is great, take that you stupid corn!\"
Still not convinced There's a game that children often play while singing this little ditty, where two of them join hands to form an arch, and the others take turns running underneath until the end of the song, at which point the hands are lowered and the last child is captured within. That's right: Your kids are out there on the playground right now, practicing ritual sacrifice.
Being \"blown down\" doesn't refer to a strong wind, or anything else you probably suspect about a bunch of men stuck at sea for long, lonely periods (*cough*). During the 18th century, when the song originated, \"blow the man down\" was slang for a man being knocked to the ground, either from in-crew fighting or from the ships' officers inflicting a little discipline.
Called \"Blue-Tail Fly\" when it was first written in the 1840s, the original lyrics weren't \"Jimmy crack corn,\" but rather \"Jim crack corn\" (that's not just us standing on formality; we'll use that info in a second). If you actually read through the full song lyrics, it tells the story of an unhappy slave whose job is to follow around his horseback-riding master and shoo away the flies. However, a \"blue-tail fly\" bites the horse, causing it to buck, and the master to be thrown and killed. An investigation follows, for which the slave avoids being blamed for the death (well, that's a weird thing to cut: Why didn't the captured servant's murder investigation make it into the children's recital).
Now, remember what we said about the refrain, that it used to be \"Jim crack corn\" A quick search of Ye Olde English Dictionary finds that \"Jim crack\" or \"gimcrack\" used to mean \"cheap,\" and \"corn\" was shorthand for corn whiskey. In other words, what at first sounds like a lament from a strangely loyal slave suddenly reads like the man is kickin' back and enjoying some cheap booze after his jerk master's \"accident.\" It makes way more sense this way: Nobody would mourn the death of a corn-loving slave driver, but of course an oppressed slave would celebrate his temporary freedom with a cheap bottle of rotgut. We're not saying the song is bad or anything; rejoicing at the death of evil isn't necessarily evil itself. Still, it means your children are singing a song about gettin' fucked up on Everclear to commemorate that time a guy got his brains bashed in.
There has been much debate over the meaning of \"Jimmy Crack Corn\". In the original version the lyrics read \"jim crack corn\". \"Jim crack\" or \"gimcrack\" means shoddily built.[11] Additionally, \"corn\" is considered an American euphemism for \"corn whiskey\". Other possibilities include:
Most etymologists support the first interpretation,[citation needed] as the term \"cracker\" appears to predate \"corn-cracking\". Also, \"whipcracker\" has no historical backing.[14] This suggests that, in the chorus, the slaves may be making whiskey and celebrating.
It is also said that Pete Seeger once maintained that the true lyrics were \"gimmie cracked corn; I don't care\",[15] referencing a punishment in which a slave's rations were reduced to cracked corn and nothing else. In this case, the author would seem to have decided that this severe punishment would be worth the outcome: the death of the master.
In the Bizarro comic strip featured in newspapers, a sheriff takes a child whose jersey reads \"Jimmy\" to a man's doorway. He tells the man, \"I caught this little rascal crackin' your corn again.\" The man, holding a banjo, says, \"How many times I gotta tell you, sheriff I DON'T CARE!\" 153554b96e
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