scrappy123, I think you're wrong about the family's skepticism. It's about the nerves of Johnson and Ettie before their wedding: She is crying and he is fretting in their rooms. Their families are reassuring them.
Ettie is being calmed by her mother, and being told by her father that she mustn't act foolish, as if she's never been to school. The first verse is about Ettie, not Johnson, and she has been to school, but her father is saying she is acting as if she hasn't.
Johnson is told by his uncle to hold up his head, and his aunty is saying he can't act foolish as if it's not his wedding day.
The guests are dressed up and waiting to celebrate, and in the end everything is sweet and dandy.
Don't you think "pander" (as it is written here) is more likely to be 'ponder'? As in, to ponder the meaning or reason of something. It goes well as a simple emphasis of the previous line.
Don't you think "pander" (as it is written here) is more likely to be 'ponder'? As in, to ponder the meaning or reason of something. It goes well as a simple emphasis of the previous line.
The spelling "pander" could either be a mis-hearing, mis-typing or just the more common patois spelling of 'ponder'.
The spelling "pander" could either be a mis-hearing, mis-typing or just the more common patois spelling of 'ponder'.
scrappy123, I think you're wrong about the family's skepticism. It's about the nerves of Johnson and Ettie before their wedding: She is crying and he is fretting in their rooms. Their families are reassuring them.
Ettie is being calmed by her mother, and being told by her father that she mustn't act foolish, as if she's never been to school. The first verse is about Ettie, not Johnson, and she has been to school, but her father is saying she is acting as if she hasn't.
Johnson is told by his uncle to hold up his head, and his aunty is saying he can't act foolish as if it's not his wedding day. The guests are dressed up and waiting to celebrate, and in the end everything is sweet and dandy.
Agree with you about the lyric generally, but can someone explain " it's a perfect pander" ? Why pander is it a dialect thing or what? mowers
Agree with you about the lyric generally, but can someone explain " it's a perfect pander" ? Why pander is it a dialect thing or what? mowers
i think the lyrics are wrong there. its supposed to be "it's a perfect wonder"
i think the lyrics are wrong there. its supposed to be "it's a perfect wonder"
whoops my bad, lol, was just thinking in my head and completely forgot the actual lyrics! sorry, but i'm afraid i can't help you with "pander"
whoops my bad, lol, was just thinking in my head and completely forgot the actual lyrics! sorry, but i'm afraid i can't help you with "pander"
Don't you think "pander" (as it is written here) is more likely to be 'ponder'? As in, to ponder the meaning or reason of something. It goes well as a simple emphasis of the previous line.
Don't you think "pander" (as it is written here) is more likely to be 'ponder'? As in, to ponder the meaning or reason of something. It goes well as a simple emphasis of the previous line.
The spelling "pander" could either be a mis-hearing, mis-typing or just the more common patois spelling of 'ponder'.
The spelling "pander" could either be a mis-hearing, mis-typing or just the more common patois spelling of 'ponder'.