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The original song, written around 1846 was used in reference to slave(s). If you read the lyrics
When I was young I used to wait
On master and hand him his plate
Pass him the bottle when he got dry (bottle referring to whiskey)
And brush away the blue-tail fly
Jimmy crack corn, and I don't care
Jimmy crack corn, and I don't care
Jimmy crack corn, and I don't care
My master's gone away
When he would ride in the afternoon
I'd follow him with my hickory broom
The pony being rather shy
When bitten by the blue-tail fly
Chorus
One day he rode around the farm
Flies so numerous that they did swarm
One chanced to bite him on the thigh
The devil take the blue-tail fly
Chorus
Well the pony jumped, he start, he pitch
He threw my master in the ditch
He died and the jury wondered why
The verdict was the blue-tail fly
Chorus
Now he lies beneath the 'simmon tree
His epitaph is there to see
"Beneath this stone I'm forced to lie
The victim of the blue-tail fly"
There are other slight indications, how he used to follow the "master" with a broom to shoo the blue tail flies away and keep them from biting the master or the horse. The next course speaking of his master on a horse has a couple of implications,
One day he rode around the farm,
flies so numerous they did swarm
one chance to bite him on the thigh
the devil take the blue tail fly.
With this it appears that the fly bit the horse, which of course hurt, with the sentence "the devil take the blue tail fly" it appears that either the slave or the master hit the fly killing it, thus causing the horse to buck (Jump, start, pitch in the next verse). In the long run the master was killed. However, with the next verse, "the jury wondered why", gives implication that the child may have "hit" the horse with the broom and caused the horse to buck, but with out the proper evidence, "the verdict was the blue tail fly."
Cracked corn referred to Moon-shine (or some form of whiskey), which was made from " corn ", so the cracked corn is the consuming of the whiskey in celebration that their master was dead.
It's obvious that the "Jimmy" is not referring to the "singer" or "writer" of the song, but perhaps the father of the child in the first verse or another slave.
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When did the song 'jimmy cracked corn' originate?
Its a slave song
What does the song jimmy crack corn and i don't care mean?
I have never found an official answer to this but my own speculation has lead me to believe that "Cracking corn" is probably a euphemism for flatulence. (Imagine the sound of grinding rock hard dried corn kernels)
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If Jimmy cracks corn and nobody cares why does he keep doing it?
because1. jimmy is on crack2. jimmy does not want to give up crackMotivational AnswerJimmy has a little thing called "perserverance." Someday, somewhere, someone will notice our little winner Jimmy and when that day comes, oh, how Jimmy will shine! It is the nature of Jimmys to crack corn.------------------------Who says nobody cares? According to the song, I (the singer) don't care. Paula cares, because when Jimmy runs out, she sells him more. Fred cares, because he is waiting to sweep the cracking room. Suzie cares because she plans to make a cracked corn cassarole.------------------------And, of course, as the lyric states, "The master's gone away..."
When did the song 'jimmy cracked corn' originate?
Its a slave song
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Where was the song I cracked corn and jenny ain't care origanated?
I think the song you mean is "Jimmy cracked corn and I don't care." I think it's a folk song.
If jimmy cracked corn and know one cared why is there a song about him?
Because its cathartic. Nobody in society cared about the people who originally sang that song.
If jimmy cracked corn and he didn't care why did he write a song about it?
I guess he was bored. but that doesn't make very much sence.........
Where did Jenny crack corn originate from?
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Why does Jimmy crack corn and not care?
Cracking corn is a valid job on a farm, just something the help would be doing anyways. The character that is supposedly signing this song was accused of killing his master. (It is obvious from the other lyrics that this is a young slave boy) There was a trial and the verdict was that the old master's death was attributable to the irritation inflicted on a donkey by the blue-tailed fly. The slave boy is therefore returned to his former work of cracking corn and is no longer under the fear of execution - so you can see why he doesn't have any cares any more.
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What does gimme cracked corn and I don't care mean?
It's a song -- it's "JIMMY cracked corn, and I don't care." It is a nonsense line about a guy named Jimmy -- he cracked some corn (broke open the kernels to make grits or bread or something) and you don't care that he did.
