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Abstract
Dishpan Parade, a morning women’s entertainment program, was a production of Sydney, Nova Scotia’s CJCB Radio from 1948 to 1952. Early in its run the hosts created a local song contest, rewarding lyrics on a Cape Breton theme set to known melodies. Many entrants took the opportunity to satirize current events, protected by the implied triviality of light verse. This article places two such songs—“Bootleg Coal,” set to “The Blue-Tail Fly,” and “Go Away (The County Jail)” to “Polly Waddle Doodle” — within the specific history that occasioned them and suggests the expressive and subtle subversiveness of mid-century Cape Breton women.
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Dishpan Parade, une émission de divertissement matinale pour femmes, était une production de Sydney, la radio CJCB de la Nouvelle-Écosse de 1948 à 1952. Au début de sa course, les hôtes ont créé un concours de chansons locales, récompensant les paroles sur un thème du Cap-Breton avec des mélodies connues. De nombreux participants ont profité de l’occasion pour satiriser les événements actuels, protégés par la trivialité implicite des vers légers. Cet article place deux de ces chansons - «Bootleg Coal», définies sur «The Blue-Tail Fly» et «Go Away (The County Jail)» sur «Polly Waddle Doodle» - dans l’histoire spécifique qui les a occasionnées et suggère l’expression et subtile subversivité des femmes du Cap-Breton du milieu du siècle.
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