When I left old Ripley the weather was kinda cool. Said 'boy, y'all be careful, prob'ly you might catch the flu - Sleepy John Estes, Special Agent Blues
Don't Sell It, Dont Give It Away Oscar Woods Dobro tuning, Key of G
1) instrumental verse
2) It was early one mornin', 'bout the break of day, don't you hear me cryin', won't you listen what I say? Early one mornin', baby 'bout the break of day. When she told me not to sell it, papa don't you give it away.
3) I said yes, baby yes, no, baby no, yes baby yes, no baby no. I said yes, baby yes then I said no, baby no. I sold some jelly, I sure won't sell no more.
4) Intrumental verse
5) You know you didn't want me, why did you stall, don't you hear me cryin', little all-in-all. You know you didn't want me, baby why did you stall. I can get more women than a passender train can haul.
6) And she told me not to sell it, don't you give it away, don't you hear me cryin', don't yiou listen what I say. She told me not to sell it, papa don't you give it away. Just keep that jelly, until Judgement Day.
7) Intrumental verse
I said yes baby yes, no baby no, yes baby yes, no baby no. I said yes baby yes, then I said no baby no. I've got a brand new gal and I don't want you no more.
I've appended a Tabledit file of my standard tuning take on this tune.
Hope this helps,
Alex
Note: edited to pick up 2012 corrections from Unkie Bud.
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What a wonderful tune. I had this from the Bottles & Knives slide CD. I can't find my liner notes. Who was Buddy Woods? Is he the slide player? Sounds like Tampa Red. We played around with it last nite. Boy, is that slide part up high. Wonder if he played it lap style.
Brilliant....I've listened to that tune untold times, and every time thought, dang, what was that? on some part of the lyric. It's such a great tune, with such a great hook. Cheers.
Oscar "Buddy" Woods recorded this three times. One is the "band" version. Another is an earlier solo version, and yet another is a later solo Library of Congress recording. The song is one of the great classics IMO, although perhaps leaning towards western swing with the band? Whatever it is, it's great. If you're looking for Oscar Woods stuff on CD, you might check out the JSP Texas Blues set, which also has Henry Thomas, Ramblin' Thomas, Willie Reed, Smith Casey, Little Hat Jones. Really great stuff, pretty much essential IMO.
Some of that LoC material is a lot of fun. He does one tune called Look Here Baby, One Thing I got to Say, that's a cross between Don't Sell It and Meet Me in the Bottom that I really like.
Woods did play lap this style BTW. Alex can fill us in (if he feels like it) on Orville's lesson on the tune from PT last year. Paul Geremia does a pretty great version himself, not lap style.
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Get both. The Memphis Shakedown - More Jug Band Classics has a ton more great stuff, including the Piacninny Jug Band sidesw, which, as I mentioned in the other thread, was Charlie Burse leading the MJB. The more I listen to Charlie Burse, the closer I get to solving my dilemma.-G-.
All for now. John C.
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Lovely tune. If I had written it I would have recorded it 3 times too. Oscar Woods plays this in Dobro G tuning GBDgbd. Woody Mann tabbed it out in his bottleneck book. Cheers, Chris
Hi davet, Welcome to Weenie Campbell! Standard procedure when inquiring about lyrics here is to post what you have thus far, as an indication that you've already put in some time on it yourself. Then people will pitch in as they're able to help and know the song in question. All best, Johnm
Apologies; This is as far as I have got, here is "Muscat Hill Blues":
verse one I've got a girl and she lived near Muscat Hill I've got a girl and she lived near Muscat Hill Now she went away and left me but i believe she loves me still.
verse two You get one drink of whiskey and two drinks of Muscat wine and you get one drink of whiskey and two drinks of Muscat wine well you want to see your good gal and she lives on the other side of town.
spoken over the solo
I'm going down to the Golden Slipper to get my Jug refilled then i'm gonna walk back to Muscat Hill
verse three some people say it will kill you but i don't believe it will some people say it will kill you but i don't believe it will because if it did i should have and .................... on Muscat Hill ( i haven't been able to work out the last part of this line.)
verse 4 .............................. and I don't believe I will .............................. and i don't believe I will final line I just wanna hang around so I can walk back to Muscat Hill (I am unsure of the start of the first two lines of this verse)
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because if it did i should have and .................... on Muscat Hill ( i haven't been able to work out the last part of this line.)
"I should have been dead out on Muscat Hill"
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verse 4 .............................. and I don't believe I will .............................. and i don't believe I will final line I just wanna hang around so I can walk back to Muscat Hill
Goodbye, I wanna leave your town and I don't believe I will
(which doesn't make complete sense but that's what I hear)
Thanks Uncle Bud for your help. I don't think my ear isn't really attuned to American accents. I have a blues band and this is a song I would like us to do. The song is about prohibition and drinking, what sounds like, really dodgy alcohol.
I was wondering whether it was possible that there was an old Louisiana usage of 'and' that might have meant the equivalent of 'but' or 'though'. In your view would it be reasonable to change the word so the song made a bit more sense. As a band our job is to entertain and make the songs accessible.