“Limber Jim”
Description
A long collocation of (often) floating verses, with recurrent themes of gambling, women, comparisons between black and white, "rebels," all in no apparent order, with a variable refrain including the words "Limber Jim" and the chorus response "Shiloh!"
Cross references
- cf. "Went to the River (I)" (floating lyrics)
- cf. "Buckeye Jim"
References
- Botkin-MRFolklr, p. 593, "Limber Jim" (1 text)
- Courlander-NFM, pp. 120-121, "(Shiloh)" (1 text)
- BI, BMRF593B