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"Johnny Roach" is an American song written by blackface minstrel composer Dan Emmett. The song was first published in 1859. The lyrics tell of a slave who has escaped to the Northern United States. He laments his lost plantation home and realizes that he really belongs in the South: :To Canada old John was bound :All by de railroad underground; :He's got no clothes—he's got no "tin" :He wishes he was back .〔Quoted in Nathan 244.〕 The song is notable for being the first printed reference to the South as “Dixie’s Land”: :Gib me de place called "Dixie's Land," :Wid hoe and shubble in my hand; :Whar fiddles ring an' banjos play, :I'll dance all night an' work all day.〔 A portion of the chorus was repeated in "Dixie" with slight variation.〔Nathan 254.〕 ==Notes== 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Johnny Roach」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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