Banjo Blues

Banjo Blues - Peg Leg Howell, with Eddie Anthony
Peg Leg Howell, vocal and guitar in C position, standard tuning, Eddie Anthony, fiddle

INTRO SOLO

Got the banjo blues and I'm feeling awful, I mean awful, I mean bad
I got the banjo blues and I'm feeling awful bad
And the blues ain't nothin' but a good man feelin' bad

I had a good woman but the fool laid down and, I mean down and, I mean died
I had a good woman but the fool laid down and died
Got the banjo blues and I'm too darn mean to cry

FIDDLE SOLO (SPOKEN: Play it a long time, boy. To my gal's in Cincinnati. She's all right with me)

Now, give me some cover, honey, I'm getting, I'm getting, I'm cold
Now, give me some cover, I'm getting cold
And the breeze ain't hittin' you, you're only getting old

Now the Mississippi River so long and deep and, mean deep and, I mean wide
And the Mississippi River so long and deep and wide
And my gal, she's on the Arkansas side

FIDDLE SOLO (SPOKEN: Do it for me, boy.)

And my little babe, she is so tall and, I mean tall and, I mean thin
And my little babe she is so tall and thin
Likes the town's top preacher, but she loves her gin

FALSETTO CODA (Got the Blue-ues)

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