[Dixielandjazz] Ashes hauling

Anton Crouch a.crouch at unsw.edu.au
Mon Oct 6 16:19:29 PDT 2003


Hello all

Dan Spink gives a literal meaning of the phrase "to have one's ashes
hauled" but the jazz meaning is rather different and predates bop.

It's yet another euphemism for sexual intercourse. 

Listen to Big Bill Broonzy - "Ash Hauler", 16 December 1935 or Billy Banks
and His Orchestra - "Spider Crawl", 23 May 1932.

Where's yo bin?   :-)

Anton






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