I found two web sites discussing origins of this phrase:

http://www.word-detective.com/032602.html#gonesouth

http://www.geocities.com/PicketFence/7608/sayG.htm

And all this time I had thought it had something to do with the card game
of bridge, where the players are north, south, east, and west!

Lynn Carpenter in SW Michigan, USA
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