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- A verse from th’ Tool an’ Die Operator Blues, popular in Texarkana after th’ war:
I got throwed outen th’ bar, just to watch my house burn down;
oh lord, I got throwed outen th’ bar, just to watch my house burn down;
Don’t call nobody happy until they six feet underground.
- A verse from th’ Assembly Line Worker Blues, popular in St. Louis after th’ war:
Y’all try ta give her some comfort, but she punch y’all upside th’ chin;
I said, 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 Feminine Jones, back in ‘76. It’s calt th’ Elevator Repairman Blues an’ it go like this:
Ma dangone heart’s so broken, ah’m pretty much lame,
oh lord, ma dangone heart’s so broken, ah’m pretty much lame,
Y’all won’t even know you burnin’, but y’all be burnin’ just th’ same.
- Ah learnt this hyar one offa Mundane Jensen, back in ‘17. It’s calt th’ Full Blues an’ it go like this:
There’s a dimness in th’ world—without yer love ta make it bright;
now, there’s a dimness in th’ world—without yer love ta make it bright;
If I ain’t got no money, it’s ’cuz I knows wrong from right.
- A verse from th’ Feedederal X-Ray Inspector Blues, popular in Pittsburgh after th’ war:
I cut myself shavin’ this mornin’, an’ it bled all day long;
oh lord, I cut myself shavin’ this mornin’, an’ it bled all day long;
I ain’t no weak man, just these hyar blues is so daggone strong.