[Trombone-l] 40's Swing Lyrics

[Richardson, Timothy Mr. DAC USAG Franconia DPW]

My favorite dish..............................fish! 

-----Original Message-----
From: Earl Needham [mailto:needhame1 at plateautel.net] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 01:44
To: Stan Brager; trombone-l at server5.samford.edu
Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] 40's Swing Lyrics

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