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Re: Hack of Morrow- Willis Prudhomme

I hope so too. I liked this band very much and always enjoyed their performances every time they came to Saulieu. All their CDs are great. They also wrote new tunes, like this catchy "Balcaskie two-step" written by Bas that can be heard on their site (#8):

http://www.cajuncompany.net/ccsite/cdprairie.html

Re: Hack of Morrow- Willis Prudhomme

Maybe it's already obvious but hack is not a Cajun word. It's an English word. Or at least in the southern United States. Jimmie Rodgers used the word in Frankie and Johnny. It just sounds like a wagon.

Bring out your rubber-tired buggy
Bring out your rubber-tired hack
I'm taking my man to the graveyard
And I ain't gonna bring him back
'Cause I shot my man
He was doing me wrong

Re: Hack of Morrow- Willis Prudhomme

Yeah! That's it! I knew I heard that word before somewhere.
I know it from a Charlie Poole song. (Frankie & Johnnie a.k.a. Leaving Home)

Send for your rubber tired hearses
Send for your rubber tired hacks
Carry my Johnnie to the graveyard
I shot him in the back
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