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"Sidewalks of New York" --- Found
From:
Honor Conklin <[log in to unmask]>
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A LISTSERV list for discussions pertaining to New York State history." <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 28 Feb 2005 11:33:49 -0500
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  I found a reference to the song in:

Random House  Historical Dictionary of American Slang.  New York:
Random House, 1994, V. 1, "A-G," p. 851

"up in G" is a reference to the key of G in music and means "doing very
well" and "at or to a high point"

Honor

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