Re: A-blowin and a'goin

In Reply to: A-blowin and a'goin posted by Penelope on May 27, 2009 at 07:12:

: Does anyone know the origin of "a-blowin and a'goin?" I know what it means but not the origin.

London flower pot street vendors aka "Costers", sang out the phrase "All a-blowin' an' a-growin"

Chambers's Edinburgh Journalý - Page 68
by William Chambers, Robert Chambers - London (England) - 1852

Still, there are never wanting men of a speculative turn of mind, and the cry of
' All a-blowin' an' a-growin' ' resounds through the streets as long as the ...

The Cambridge Freshman; Or, Memoirs of Mr. Golightly ...ý
by James Rice, Hablot Knight Browne - English wit and humor - 1871 - 395 pages

"All a-blowin', a-growin' - a-blowin', a-growin' - a.growin', a-blowin' ! There,
gentlemen, buy a few pots o' nice flowers." ' "How much for the lot? ...

• Re: A-blowin and a'goin Victoria S Dennis 27/May/09