Re: Survival langauge

On Wed, 4 Jan 2006 19:08:49 GMT, "Purl Gurl" <purlgurl@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>Chess One wrote:
>
>> Purl Gurl wrote:
>
>> > I Ride an Old Paint
>> > arranged and adapted by Arlo Guthrie
>
>> > I ride an old paint, I lead an old dan
>
>
>> What is 'an old dan?' -is 'dan for 'dame' or is it like paint,
>
>I "think" this is a reference to Old Dan Tucker.
>
>http://ingeb.org/songs/olddantu.html
>
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Dan_Tucker
>
>This is what is so wonderful about causerie; we are
>free to perceive in ways which delight us.
>
>Old Dan Tucker is my personal perception.

And mine is that Dan is the name of his pack horse or mule. The
lyrics posted say "an old Dan", but see:
http://sniff.numachi.com/~rickheit/dtrad/pages/tiRIDEPNT;ttRIDEPNT.html
where it says "I'm leadin' old Dan".

Songs are so often passed along by being heard, and there are often
slight changes in the lyrics.

Why you would choose Dan Tucker is a complete mystery. The most
illogical of guesses. Ives would not have.




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Tony Cooper
Orlando, FL
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