Topic: Roosevelt Holts Lyrics

[Stuart]

I'm hearing 'Bama as well

I'll take a stab at the following line:

2.3 Said they never's (never as) sweet, like that Dago when she lived. (When she was alive)

[Johnm]

Hi all,
I'm pretty sure the end of the line is, "like that Dago over in Dootinville", with "over in" pronounced more like "ov' in". I'm not sure of the place name, but the "ville" portion of it is correct.

[Blues Vintage]

I remember some songs with "Dago" in it. "Dago hill" and "Dago still" were passages.
Meaning a spanish/italian neighborhood/liquor store?

I hear something like "ville" for the last word of that mystery bit 2.3

Guessing from that verse he talks about girlfriends. He has one woman in Bama and two women on the hill.
But the sweetest that he had was some Dago woman.

[Blues Vintage]

We posted at the same time.  Glad we agree on "ville".
Somebody must know that town Holts is talking about.

I think it's "there" instead of "they". Makes better sense. The distortion of the record doesn't really help with this one.

[Stuart]

I've heard "Dago Hill" in song lyrics as well, but I can't place it at the moment. A search indicates that it was the Italian section of St. Louis (now known as "The Hill), but whether that was what the mention in the song lyrics referred to is unclear to me.

[Johnm]

I agree, Blues Vintage, that the second word in that line is "there" rather than "they" and have made the change. The dago being referred to here is a person, rather than a location, I think, Stuart.

[Stuart]

I agree, John. I was referring to Blues Vintage's mention of hearing "Dago" in other lyrics. 

[waxwing]

One would be Charley's Love My Stuff, last verse, but I'm sure there are others, possibly even another by CP.

Wax

[Blues Vintage]

If you do a Weeniepedia search on "Dago" you'll get a dozen songs.

[Stuart]

Thanks Blues Vintage. This is just another case where I've overlooked the obvious. It must be my Italian heritage at work...