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What (who) is (Old Dogs, Children and) Watermelon Wine - definition
(Old Dogs, Children and) Watermelon Wine
SONG WRITTEN AND COMPOSED BY TOM T. HALL, ORIGINALLY RECORDED BY TOM T. HALL AND RELEASED IN 1972
(Old Dogs, Children And) Watermelon Wine; Hundar och ungar och hembryggt äppelvin
"(Old Dogs, Children and) Watermelon Wine" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Tom T. Hall.
Watermelon stereotype
![[[Pickaninny]] caricature from the early 1900s. The postcard shows a picture of a black boy eating a watermelon, with a stereotypical poem underneath.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Who Said Watermelon.jpg?width=200 "[[Pickaninny]] caricature from the early 1900s. The postcard shows a picture of a black boy eating a watermelon, with a stereotypical poem underneath.")
![[[Lithograph]] of a black boy holding a watermelon, circa 1850–1900](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Black boy carrying a watermelon lithograph.jpg?width=200 "[[Lithograph]] of a black boy holding a watermelon, circa 1850–1900")
.jpg?width=200 "Lithograph of black people dancing around a pile of watermelons, circa 1900")
!["Whar De Watermelon Grow", sheet music of an 1898 [[minstrel song]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Whar de watermelon grow (NYPL Hades-610141-1256027) (cropped).jpg?width=200 "\"Whar De Watermelon Grow\", sheet music of an 1898 [[minstrel song]]")
!["The Coon's Trade-mark: A Watermelon, Razor, Chicken and Coon", sheet music of an 1898 minstrel song. The razor was used for fighting, while [[fried chicken]] is also used in stereotypes of African-Americans.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The coon's trade-mark (NYPL Hades-610007-1255610) (cropped).jpg?width=200 "\"The Coon's Trade-mark: A Watermelon, Razor, Chicken and Coon\", sheet music of an 1898 minstrel song. The razor was used for fighting, while [[fried chicken]] is also used in stereotypes of African-Americans.")
![A character from the 1941 cartoon ''[[Scrub Me Mama with a Boogie Beat]]'' enjoying a watermelon.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Scrub Me Mama watermelon.JPG?width=200 "A character from the 1941 cartoon ''[[Scrub Me Mama with a Boogie Beat]]'' enjoying a watermelon.")
![''I Know'd It Was Ripe'', c. 1888 by [[Thomas Hovenden]] [[Brooklyn Museum]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thomas Hovenden I Know'd It Was Ripe c. 1885.jpg?width=200 "''I Know'd It Was Ripe'', c. 1888 by [[Thomas Hovenden]] [[Brooklyn Museum]]")
![[[Valentine's Day]] card, c. 1940](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Black Valentine 01a.jpg?width=200 "[[Valentine's Day]] card, c. 1940")
RACIST STEREOTYPE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN PEOPLE
Watermelon smiles; Watermelon Stereotype
The watermelon stereotype is a stereotype that African Americans have an unusually great appetite for watermelons.
Raining cats and dogs
![A 19th-century cartoon by English artist [[George Cruikshank]] illustrating the phrase "raining cats and dogs" (and "pitchforks")](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/George Cruikshank - Very unpleasant Weather (retouched).jpg?width=200 "A 19th-century cartoon by English artist [[George Cruikshank]] illustrating the phrase \"raining cats and dogs\" (and \"pitchforks\")")
AN ENGLISH IDIOM USED TO DESCRIBE HEAVY RAIN
Raining cats; Rain cats and dogs; Raining dogs and cats
The English-language idiom "raining cats and dogs or raining dogs and cats" is used to describe particularly heavy rain. It is of unknown etymology and is not necessarily related to the raining animals phenomenon.
Wikipedia
(Old Dogs, Children and) Watermelon Wine
"(Old Dogs, Children and) Watermelon Wine" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Tom T. Hall.
