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- Ah learnt this hyar one offa Glorious Reed, back in ‘97. It’s calt th’ Chef Blues an’ it go like this:
Y’all try ta give her some comfort, but she punch y’all upside th’ chin;
oh lord, y’all try ta give her some comfort, but she punch y’all upside th’ chin;
I heard tell there’s fish in th’ ocean—an’ I know fishin’ ain’t a sin.
- Ah learnt this hyar one offa Lovely Taylor, back in ‘94. It’s calt th’ Elevator Repairman Blues an’ it go like this:
I wuz standin’ on th’ corner, blues, blues fell down like rain;
oh lord, I wuz standin’ on th’ cotton field, blues, blues fell down like rain;
Just wanna be a ol’ man someday, get me some dark glasses an’ a cane.
- Ah learnt this hyar one offa Beautiful Brooks, back in ‘80. It’s calt th’ Tool an’ Die Operator Blues an’ it go like this:
My darlin’ done left me, she don’t wanna see me no mo’;
oh lord, my chile done left me, she don’t wanna see me no mo’;
Just gotta keep myself out o’ th’ water—I know when it rains, it gon pour.
- Ah learnt this hyar one offa Tranquil Lopez, back in ‘15. It’s calt th’ Assembly Line Worker Blues an’ it go like this:
Whenever she come ’round here, th’ power has a way o’ goin’ out;
oh lord, whenever she come ’round here, th’ power has a way o’ goin’ out;
I can’t live wit dat babe—but I damn sho cain’t live wit’out.
- A verse from th’ Assembly Line Worker Blues, popular in Rosedale after th’ war:
Ah’m so choked up honey, my throat’s a-feelin’ tight;
mmm-hmm, y’know, Ah’m so choked up girl, my throat’s a-feelin’ tight;
Now th’ devil ain’t offer me nuthin’—but if he did, I just might.