Subject: RE: [Dixielandjazz] Misunderstanding old tunes

[pat ladd]

 wherefore art thou, Romeo? Is she blind? Is
there a  heavy fog coming into Verona? No, in middle English, that phrase 
meant,
why does  your name have to be Romeo>>

Aw C`mon,

there are plenty of things in Shakespeare which need an explanation `I can 
still tell a hawk from a handsaw` for instance, but the fact that 
`wherefore` meant `why` is surely pretty obvious. Particularly when followed 
by `a rose by any other name would smell as sweet`..

I think we beat ouselves up too much with explanations in which  no one is 
interested. They think it is just a good tune and who on earth, unless they 
are looking for a reason to be offended, could object to the lyrics of  Dark 
Town strutters Ball. Dark Town? its just a place, Strutters? They are just 
Dancers. How do you get from there to Black Hookers?

Who would ever connect `the blues` with the colour you turned after 
treatment for a social disease. I dont believe it for a minute.

I don`t suppose anyone plays `My little Octoroon` any more but stop falling 
over backwards looking for reasons not to play certain songs.

Cheers

Pat 



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