[Trombone-l] 40's Swing Lyrics

[Earl Needham]

At 05:04 PM 5/15/2006, Stan Brager wrote:
>Earl;
>
>It's used for both for the same reason - they're both on their feet a lot.
>One has to determine the context to arrive at which meaning is relevant.
>
>Another example of a slang term which has multiple meaning is "jive". In the
>tune "All The Jive Is Gone", the singer is using "jive" as a reference to
>marijuana. Another song may refer to talking jive in which case "jive" is
>BS.

         "Stewardess!  I speak jive"...

         Thanks for the info,
         Earl


Earl Needham, KD5XB, Clovis, New Mexico DM84jk