22 June 2005

Whistling Dixie

I was, in fact, humming Dixie this morning on my way to work and got to the second verse when it struck me that I had no idea what "INJUN BATTER" is. It turns out, by the way, that this is not the second verse but just one of many, many verses. Before you follow any of the links in this paragraph, let me warn you that there are a lot of .midi files out there. Beware!

Having been raised in the North, I learned the lyric as "INDIAN BATTER", which still gives no clue as to what it is but turns up hundreds of references to cricket and pakora recipes.

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