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I have been listening to this song for a long time now, but I still can't make out all the lyrics. This is how far I got, and here is "Let's Get Drunk And Truck":
Sittin’ on a million Sittin’ on it every day Can’t make no money givin’ your stuff away Why don’t you do now like the millionaires do? Put your stuff on the market And make a million too
? ? ? ? that woman ? ? ? ? ? ? She’s trickin’ money for you, every- where she land (?) Why don’t you do now like the millionaires do? Put your stuff on the market And make a million too
? ? ? ? a good-lookin’ ? ? ? ? She lives down by the jail ? ? ? ? she got her stuff for sale Why don’t you do now like the millionaires do? Put your stuff on the market And make a million too
Would be very grateful if someone could help me fill in the blanks. I realize that this song is not exacly blues, but I guess that at least some of ou are familiar with it.
« Last Edit: July 03, 2020, 05:19:42 PM by Johnm »
Anybody got the words? What is he singing in the bridge: "If we should accidentally get too high to go home, I've got an extra dollar, to buy a ......"
The second time around for the bridge it sounds like "I've got an extra dollar to rent a [park it] room". First time round the last word sounds more like "tune". Hard to say!
The second time around for the bridge it sounds like "I've got an extra dollar to rent a [park it] room". First time round the last word sounds more like "tune". Hard to say!
Seesh, hard to say indeed. FWIW I think I'm hearing:
If we should accidentally get too high to go home, I've got an extra dollar, to rent 'partment room
Tim Williams does this one. I asked him about it and here's his reply
"Alex : As near as I can make out, and what I sing, is : "I've got an extra dollar to buy us all some 'pone."
Corn pone, and it's much more delectable cousin made from sweet potatoe, is a starchy sweet side-dish or dessert from the southern states whose properties as a "hang-over food" are widely regarded.
In the Hamfats version, I'm pretty sure it's actually "I've got an extra dollar to buy us all some corn," that is, some corn liquor (which was often referred to simply as "corn," at least in song). This also ties in more directly to the theme of the song, and to what he sings two lines later ("another gallon to wake up on"). Tampa Red is definitely saying "to rent a?" rather than "to buy us," but I can't really make sense of the next three syllables. (Though the last one does sound like "room," which would make a lot of sense.)
« Last Edit: April 23, 2009, 08:00:28 AM by jtbrown »
First time through, first bridge, I heard "I've got an extra dollar, to rent a pas de deux"
Horizontal dancing for $$?
Second bridge, ". . . to rent a party room", definitely, pronounced 'partay'. As in "too drunk to go home after closing time, the party continues in the bar's private function room upstairs". [edit: second time through, that's what he's singing in the first bridge as well. Shame, I liked 'pas de deux'!]
I'm listening to the Tampa Red Bluebird Recordings version. And thanks for inspiring me to dig it out. Kazoos are starting to grow on me.
« Last Edit: April 24, 2009, 04:30:08 PM by Rivers »
I always sang it "To rent an apartment room" the place to reteat to if too high for "plenty of kisses and other fun". I haven't played that song in years. I had a small group (called The Jenadoos) in the late 1980s with another guitar player and a bass for a one shot gig in Chapel Hill, N.C. at a bookstore/diner called the Skylight Exchange. Anyway, we played Let's Get Drunk And Truck and people in the audience actually started booing which I thought was strange. Asking around later, I found out that the venue was a popular A.A. hangout because it did not serve booze and allowed smoking at the time. That song sure seemed to hit the wrong nerve with that crowd!
Hope everybody's live & kickin' I'm trying to transcribe Lil Johnson's "Let's Get Drunk and Truck" and "Feel My Legs" (Don't You Make Me High) I'd be most appreciative if anybody can help...
:(are the lines that I can't make out. So many!
<Let's Get Drunk and Truck>
Let?s Get Drunk and Truck
:(Plenty of liquor and a gallon of beer :(Cozy corner and a word of cheer :(No one?s to bother cuz here?s my dear Let?s get drunk and truck
You know my other man is out of town Your other woman she?s not around Now is the time to break ::)on down Let?s get drunk and truck
If we should accidentally get to high to go home I got an extra dollar to rent us apartment room
:(Plenty of chicks and other fun :(And a gallon to raise a fun :(No better nothing to be waiting home Let?s get drunk and truck, yeah
the middle 8 of this song was discussed in this topic: http://weeniecampbell.com/yabbse/index.php?amp;Itemid=60&topic=2723.0 refering to the versions by the Harlem Hamfats and Tampa Red. I think Lil Johnson sings ...to rent a partying room similar to what Rivers hears in the Tampa Red version.
Speaking of Lil Johnson, do you have the lyrics to "Hottest Gal in Town"??
I believe the first line you have question marks on is: "May's a bettin' woman, she bets on every hand"
the second set of question marks I believe is: "May's a good-lookin' frail, she lives down by the Jail, and no-one knows she's got, hot stuff for sale."
I just learned today that "frail" was slang for a woman back in the 30's... Learn something new every day! Here is "Weed Smoker's Dream":
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