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Language of the Blues - Edmonton Blues Society

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Songs:<br />

- Bukka White (Booker T. Washington White)<br />

- Blind Blake (Arthur Blake)<br />

SA L T Y D O G<br />

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In French Creole, salté jouer en salté means to play a dirty trick on<br />

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English Dialect Dictionary, salty appears to have an Old English<br />

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that was maris appetens- <br />

ave relations with a male. 324<br />

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to have sex without taking on <strong>the</strong> responsibility or restraints <strong>of</strong> a love relationship. In<br />

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Urban Dictionary reported in 2005 that<br />

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sho<br />

Songs:<br />

- Rev. Gary Davis<br />

- Mississippi John Hurt (John Smith Hurt)<br />

SA L T W A T E R<br />

Saltwater is slang for alcohol. It shows up in <strong>the</strong> Charlie <br />

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My doney loves saltwater, she always wants a drink<br />

If <strong>the</strong>y see you with a bottle, <strong>the</strong>y will almost break your neck<br />

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Department agents who hunted down moonshiners during Prohibition and were known<br />

for <strong>the</strong>ir brutality.<br />

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