according to wikipedia this is an old folk song (not a Dylan original)...the brazo is referring to a river in Texas which im assuming had cane growing along it. cane was used to make , well, you guessed it -canes. It was also used to make the flexible canes used in "caning" (judicial punishment)....i'm guessing that "in 1910", "driving the women like they drove the men" is referring to caning them.
"you may get a pardon and then you might drop dead"
Surely the cane was grown for the sugar ie, sugarcane. Thats why " its` all been ground down to molasses". The workers were probably beaten to work harder (slaves) and the women driven as hard as the men were. Perhaps they used convict labour.
Surely the cane was grown for the sugar ie, sugarcane. Thats why " its` all been ground down to molasses". The workers were probably beaten to work harder (slaves) and the women driven as hard as the men were. Perhaps they used convict labour.
according to wikipedia this is an old folk song (not a Dylan original)...the brazo is referring to a river in Texas which im assuming had cane growing along it. cane was used to make , well, you guessed it -canes. It was also used to make the flexible canes used in "caning" (judicial punishment)....i'm guessing that "in 1910", "driving the women like they drove the men" is referring to caning them.
"you may get a pardon and then you might drop dead"
Surely the cane was grown for the sugar ie, sugarcane. That
s why " its` all been ground down to molasses". The workers were probably beaten to work harder (slaves) and the women driven as hard as the men were. Perhaps they used convict labour.Surely the cane was grown for the sugar ie, sugarcane. That
s why " its` all been ground down to molasses". The workers were probably beaten to work harder (slaves) and the women driven as hard as the men were. Perhaps they used convict labour.