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In Dogon mythology, the fox [1] is reported to be either the trickster god of the desert, who embodies chaos [2] or a messenger for the gods. [3]There is a Tswana riddle that says that "Phokoje go tsela o dithetsenya [Only the muddy fox lives] meaning that, in a philosophical sense, 'only an active person who does not mind getting muddy gets to progress in life.'
"Box the Fox" (sometimes just "Box Fox") is a tune of Appalachian origin, [citation needed] usually played on the fiddle [1] [2] or banjo. [3] The song is played in 6-6 time. [ 3 ] The name comes from the old Irish slang "to box the fox", meaning to steal apples or, in general, to rob an orchard .
The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?) The Fox (folk song) J. La Jument de Michao; M. Megitsune; R. Räven raskar över isen; Reynardine
The Fox is a traditional folk song (Roud 131) from England. It is also the subject of at least two picture books, The Fox Went out on a Chilly Night: An Old Song , illustrated by Peter Spier and Fox Went out on a Chilly Night , by Wendy Watson.
Caitlin Carter of online music site Music Times echoes the comments above, adding that "The Fox" becoming the first song to get serious recognition "makes [the staff at Music Times] wonder", as the duo's other songs and videos prior to the release of "The Fox" "are just about as random and melodramatic", such as "from contemplating the meaning ...
"Foxy Lady" (or alternatively "Foxey Lady") is a song by The Jimi Hendrix Experience. It first appeared on their 1967 debut album Are You Experienced and was later issued as their third single in the U.S. with the alternate spelling.
The title adopts 1940s' hipster slang coined by Raye's friend, Ray McKinley, a drummer and lead singer in the Jimmy Dorsey band in the 1930s. McKinley kicked off certain uptempo songs by asking pianist Freddie Slack (nicknamed "Daddy") to give him a boogie beat, or "eight to the bar".
The slang term 'coochie', popular in the USA is likely to be derived from the German word 'Kuchen', meaning 'a pie or cake'. It may trace back to a song performed at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair [3] by a dancer named Little Egypt, who was filmed in 1896 by Thomas Edison for the Coochee Coochee Dance film short.