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Tommy Johnson Lyrics
banjochris:
Apparently the d'oh is mine; I can't find it on here either. I know I posted the words to it, but I don't see them anywhere. Someone requested them. I'll be glad to listen to it again when I get home and post again.
Chris
uncle bud:
You're not imagining things, Chris. You did post them. Unfortunately, when a member deleted all of his posts a little while ago, any thread that he started got deleted in totality. It's still a mess we need to clean up (there were some very informative posts that got thrown out with the bathwater). We've since changed deletion permissions for members so that others' work doesn't disappear when someone decides they want to remove themselves from our company. We can restore deleted threads/posts, and will restore a number of those that were deleted. For now, here's the lyrics you posted for Slidin' Delta.
Original post from banjochris:
Here's what I hear:
Delta slide done been here and gone
Say the Delta slide, baby, done been here and gone
Take me out the delta baby fore the water rise
Take me outta the delta, fore the water rise
And if I don't get drownded baby gonna sure Lord lose my mind
Cryin lord, lord, lord, lord lord
Lord I wonder what is I'm goin' do
Well I can't do nothin but hang my head and cry
Baby when I leave I ain't comin' here no more
When I leave here, comin' here no more
Lord I'm goin' away baby, worry you off my mind
Cryin' lord, lord, lord, lord, lord,
Lord I wonder, wonder to myself
Cryin' good Lord I wonder, and I wonder to myself
Bunker Hill:
For those who might be interested in a transcription of J.D. Short's version it can be found at Stefan's JD discography. Scroll down to the bottom where the pages images of Bob Groom's Talking Blues feature are located. Directly below the cover image of B.B. King at piano, that page and the one to the left of it, has the transcription. Click on images to enlarge. Hope that makes sense
http://www.wirz.de/music/shortfrm.htm
banjochris:
--- Quote from: uncle bud on May 24, 2007, 08:47:25 PM ---You're not imagining things, Chris. You did post them.
--- End quote ---
Thank goodness. And I was having one of those days where it was definitely possible I was hallucinating >:(
Thanks Uncle Bud
Chris
waxwing:
John M taught TJ's Lonesome Home Blues (the second one, not the unissued earlier recording, two takes, that bears no resemblence) tuesday morning at PT this year. I really am attracted to the haunting vocal and guitar parts and have been working this up to performance lately. The lyrics are pretty tough, tho', particularly the first and last verses.
First I'm wondering if anyone is aware of a better copy. I have both the Document DOCD 5001, reissued in 2000 with some remastering, perhaps, and the JSP version, JSP7715D, from the Legends of Country Blues box, which seems to be a direct transfer from the Document, as they both have the glitch where the next groove of the 78 seems to bleed through for a few revolutions.
Here's what I have so far, mostly what we were able to come up with in John's class with some additions: [edited to reflect discussion below]
Lonesome Home Blues
Lonesome place don't seem like 's home to me
Now this old lonesome place, now Mama, (don't) seem like home to me
Now, Lord, I rose this morning, blues all round my bed
Mmmmm, rose this morning, the blues all round my bed
Had them blues so bad, Mama, 'til I couldn' raise up my head
If you wanna live easy, pack your clothes with mine
Mmmmm, wanna live easy, pack your clothes with mine
If you wanna live easy, Baby, pack your clothes with mine
Mmmmm, soon one mornin', blues come fallin' down
Mmmmm, soon one mornin', the blues come fallin' down
Well they fell so heavy that they caused my heart to moan
Well I'm goin' back home gon' fall down on my knees
Mmmmm, goin' back home gonna fall down on my knees
Says, I'm gon' acknowledge pretty baby, that I treat you mean
Have checked Bob McLeod's transcription in Yazoo 1-20 and that suggested the "lonesome place" as opposed to "goin' someplace" that we came up with in class for the first verse. Bob also hears a whole phrase in the last line that I just can't hear at all, which makes me think there is either a better copy available (well, available to Bob) or he has a good sense of humor.-G-
Any help appreciated.
All for now.
John C.
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