[lit-ideas] "She done him wrong"
- From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 09:07:28 EDT
In a message dated 10/12/2004 12:41:03 AM Eastern Standard Time,
atlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
Robert Paul:
> 'She did him wrong,' means (I think) She did wrong to him. 'She did him
> wrongly,' suggests whips and chains.
such a picayunish little point -- but, isn't it: "she done him wrong"? I
only ask because if it is, well, it makes all the difference in the world,
doesn't it?
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Actually, it took me to read the whole lyrics to find who had done wrong to
who.
Since the title was "Frankie and Johnnie" -- two male names in Connecticut
--, I had to do some research to find out that Frankie is short for Francine, a
common name in the South.
Cheers,
JL
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