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alexz commented on the word yessiram
Spotted in the Black Crowes and the Otis Redding versions of Hard To Handle
"cause mama I'm sure hard to handle now yessiram"
October 5, 2020
ry commented on the word yessiram
is it a contraction of "yes sir I am"?
October 6, 2020
alexz commented on the word yessiram
"The song, in fact, was Otis unshrugged, completely unapologetic about including some backwater parlance such as “drugstore lovin'” and an intonation of “yes I am” that came out “yessiram.” "
https://books.google.ca/books?id=HCWdBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT260&dq=yessiram
Dreams to Remember: Otis Redding, Stax Records, and the Transformation of ...
By Mark Ribowsky
October 6, 2020