Posted by Patrick King on September 11, 2003, 8:55 pm, in reply to "Re: Etymology of " --Previous Message--
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Certainly what you say makes sense, Ace, but in that case what the heck does Mississippi John Hurt mean when he says:
"I'll be your Candyman if you'll be my Salty Dog"?
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: Thanks Yves. I shoul've tried Stefan first.
: He
: did indeed know the answer. During the
: Crimean War there was an eleven-month
: siege by allied forces of a Russian naval
: base at Sevastopol. In 1854 there was
: published a parlor guitar piece called The
: Siege of Sevastopol. Through some kind of
: "trickle down" it got into the
: folk tradition. Presumably the composition
: was in open D tuning. John Fahey recorded
: a piece by this name on his "Dance of
: Death," and it is in open D, although
: it doesn't really convey the feeling of a
: military operation, IMO. By that same
: token I've never thought that Bonarparte's
: Retreat sounded martial either.
: I've also learned that "Sukey" was
: apparently a woman's first name.
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: I've heard (a long time ago) of a
: relationship
: with the battle of Sebastopol where the
: French were involved... if you need more
: I'll try to help... but why don't you ask
: Stefan as one of his companies is called
: "Vestapol" ...
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: Hi,
: Does anyone know the etymology of
: "vestapol," also
: "sevastapol" (a city on the
: Black Sea!), and "sebastapol."
: It's not in the OED or Brittanica.
: And as long as I've got you, how about the
: meaning of "sukey" or
: "sookie"?
: And just for good measure -- what is a
: "salty dog"?
: Just curious. Thanks.
:
: :
: :Salty Dog is an old naval term referring to
: a
: lifetime sailor who lives to find an easy
: woman
: /one night stand in whatever port he may be
: in. Still used to describe an ardourous
: sailor.
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