My Huckleberry friend, moon river and me

Different versions of Moon River videos I got from you tube. I guess this song is one of the most played songs in my mind at all times! haha..







Moon river, wider than a mile
I’m crossing you in style some day
Oh, dream maker, you heart breaker
Wherever you’re goin’, I’m goin’ your way

Two drifters, off to see the world
There’s such a lot of world to see
We’re after the same rainbow’s end, waitin’ ’round the bend
My huckleberry friend, moon river, and me

(moon river, wider than a mile)
(I’m crossin’ you in style some day)
Oh, dream maker, you heart breaker
Wherever you’re goin’, I’m goin’ your way

Two drifters, off to see the world
There’s such a lot of world to see
We’re after that same rainbow’s end, waitin’ ’round the bend
My huckleberry friend, moon river, and me



I got intrigued of what does "huckleberry" friend means in this song. I found out that I'm not the only person who wants to know its meaning. Got this at Yahoo answers.com

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From Lawson Stone's "I'm Your Huckleberry":

" 'Huckleberry' was commonly used in the 1800's in conjunction with "persimmon" as a small unit of measure. 'I'm a huckleberry over your persimmon' meant: 'I'm just a bit better than you.' As a result, 'huckleberry' came to denote idiomatically two things. First, it denoted a small unit of measure, a 'tad,' as it were, and a person who was a huckleberry could be a small, unimportant person--usually expressed ironically in mock self-depreciation.

The second and more common usage came to mean, in the words of the 'Dictionary of American Slang: Second Supplemented Edition' (Crowell, 1975): 'A man; specif., the exact kind of man needed for a particular purpose.' 1936: 'Well, I'm your huckleberry, Mr. Haney.' Tully, 'Bruiser,' 37...

...'The Historical Dictionary of American Slang' which is a multivolume work, has about a third of a column of citations documenting this meaning all through the latter 19th century.

So 'I'm your huckleberry' means 'I'm just the man you're looking for!' "

In the context of the lyrics of "Moon River," the phrase "my hucklerry friend" seems consistent with the latter idiomaticmatic meaning of "huckleberry" above, but with the addition of the word "friend."
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