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Johnm:
Hi all,
Here is "Bye Bye Blues", as performed by Mississippian Arzo Youngblood. It is certainly based on Tommy Johnson's song of the same title, going way back, but it's probably just as likely that Youngblood never heard Tommy Johnson's original version of the song, but picked it up from people who had heard Johnson's version. The song is played in E position in standard tuning, and I sure like Youngblood's way of doing it. I've always thought this song was mistitled--the sense is not a repeated farewell, but rather, is she going to do what he wants her to do, eventually, "by and by". Here is "Bye Bye Blues":



INTRO SOLO

Well, by and by, baby, by and by
Babe, by, by and, baby, won't you, by and by
Ahhh, by and by, um, baby won't you, by and by

Well now, two train runnin', runnin' side by side
Well, two, a-trains are, a-baby, runnin' side by side
Hey, you got my woman, man, man, you oughta be satisfied

Well now, my baby got way like, fox squirrel in the tree
My babe, got way like, a-baby, fox squirrel in the tree
Well, if she see me comin', and Lord, she run and hide from me

Well now, by and by, baby, by and by
Hey, by, and by and, a-baby, won't you, by and by?
Cryin' now, by and by, a-baby, won't you, by and by?

CODA

Edited 11/29 to pick up corrections from Blues Vintage

All best,
Johnm
 

Blues Vintage:
I love this rendition.

Some suggestions;

I would call it a INTRO SOLO instead of a INTRO

2.2 Well, two, a-trains are, a-baby Lord are, baby, runnin' side by side

3.3 Well, if she see me comin'

I don't hear the "it's" at the beggining of 4.2, sounds like "hey" but hard to hear

4.2 It's Hey by, and by and

Johnm:
Thanks for the suggestions, Blues Vintage. I incorporated them all except the 2.2 one, since that line was already correct.

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