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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Elmore James would be very disappointed in James Elmore.


4 posted on 07/12/2022 1:46:07 PM PDT by Carpe Cerevisi
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To: Carpe Cerevisi
Elmore James would be very disappointed in James Elmore.

Yes. Would want someone to dust their brooms. (He was a blue singer and guitarist---in case someone is under 76.)

Library of Congress on lov.gov site said the term meant---- to leave in a hurry In the 1800s, the expression “get up and dust” meant to leave in a hurry. In the Depression-era South, where the song likely originated, “dust my broom” meant to get out of town in a hurry. Big Joe Williams, who grew up in the Mississippi Delta, explained it as “leaving for good,” as in “I'm putting you down.

23 posted on 07/12/2022 2:52:55 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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