South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. South is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to the East and West. The word south comes from Old English sūþ, from earlier Proto-Germanic *sunþaz (“south”), possibly related to the same Proto-Indo-European root that the word sun derived from. Some languages describe south in the same way, from the fact that it is the direction of the sun at noon (in the Northern Hemisphere), like Latin meridies ‘noon, south’ (from medius ‘middle’ + dies ‘day’, cf English meridional), while others describe south as the right-hand side of the rising sun, like Biblical Hebrew תֵּימָן teiman ‘south’ from יָמִין yamin ‘right’, Aramaic תַּימנַא taymna from יָמִין yamin ‘right’ and Syriac ܬܰܝܡܢܳܐ taymna from ܝܰܡܝܺܢܳܐ yamina (hence the name of Yemen, the land to the south/right of the Levant.
“South of the Border (Down Mexico Way)” is a song describing a trip to Mexico, written by Jimmy Kennedy and Michael Carr and published in 1939 for the film of the same name starring country star Gene Autry. In the lyrics, a man looks back with regret for having left a woman he can’t forget. When he returns much later, she is preparing to wed, presumably to either the church or another man. In the movie, however, she has become a nun to atone for her brother’s crimes. Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time.The song was a hit in 1939 for Shep Fields, vocal by Hal Derwin, reaching the No.1 spot for five weeks.
Down South Jukin’ is the opening track on Skynyrd’s First and…Last album. It was the original name of the posthumous complilation album first released in 1978 by the rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. The original 1978 version of the album is now out of print. In 1998, it was repackaged, renamed and re-released as Skynyrd’s First: The Complete Muscle Shoals Album, being expanded to include eight additional tracks. The albums contains early band recordings from 1971 and 1972. Many of the tracks are exclusive to these albums, being either otherwise unreleased, or original versions of songs later re-recorded for other studio albums.
Highway Companion is the third and final solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Tom Petty. It was released in July 2006, and charted at No. 4 on the Billboard album chart. The album was produced by former Travelling Wilburys bandmate Jeff Lynne, who also produced Petty’s highly acclaimed first solo album, Full Movie Fever. Down South was the 4th track on the album.
“Back Down South” (also called “Southbound“) is a song by American band Kings of Leon from their 2010 album Come Around Sundown. It was released as the third and final single from the album in May 2011. A music video to accompany the release of “Back Down South” was first released onto You Tube at a total length of four minutes and five seconds. It was directed by Casey McGrath with part of the filming in Nashville, TN and the other half in Hampshire, TN. William Goodman of Spin described the video as “an advert for their country way of life”.
South to Glory is a track from Plumhall’s second studio album ‘The Ghost of Noise’. Plumhall are a Yorkshire based duo consisting of our great friends, Michelle Plum and Nick Hall. Nick describes this tale of South Atlantic adventure as dealing with the idea of people carrying on with polar exploration and voyages of discovery while the Great War was happening. In this story, a young man is trying to impress a young woman who has jilted him and he has to make a decision – does he do his duty and fight at the front or join an expedition and become a hero that way? He chooses the latter, but when the ship returns to harbour no one is waiting for them, the flags are at half-mast and a bugle is playing The Last Post.
“South of the Border” is a song by Ed Sheeran featuring Cuban-American singer Camila Cabello and Dominican-American rapper Cardi B. It was released as the seventh single from Sheeran’s fourth studio album, No. 6 Collaborations Project (2019). The song was written by Sheeran, Cabello, Cardi B, Steve Mac, Fred Gibson and Jordan Thorpe, and produced by Sheeran, Mac and Gibson. It reached the top ten in eight countries and is certified Gold or higher in eleven countries. A music video for the song was released in October on Sheeran’s YouTube channel. In the video, Sheeran plays Teddy Fingers, Cabello plays Mariposa, and Cardi B appears as herself alongside actress Alexis Ren as Scarlet Jones and actor Paul Karmiryan as Agent X. As of August 2021, it has received over 200 million views.
