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Why does Jimmy crack corn and not care?

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Cracking corn is a valid job on a farm, just something the help would be doing anyways. The character that is supposedly signing this song was accused of killing his master. (It is obvious from the other lyrics that this is a young slave boy) There was a trial and the verdict was that the old master's death was attributable to the irritation inflicted on a donkey by the blue-tailed fly. The slave boy is therefore returned to his former work of cracking corn and is no longer under the fear of execution - so you can see why he doesn't have any cares any more.

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