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Offline Johnm

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Will Weldon Lyrics
« on: June 25, 2015, 10:09:50 AM »
Hi all,
A trio performance of "Turpentine Blues" by Will Weldon and two unnamed seconding guitarists was on the old Yazoo anthology "Ten Years In Memphis".  All three guitarists play out of E position in standard tuning, and their sound is very reminiscent of the Hi Henry Brown songs which have Brown and Charley Jordan working in a duet.  The guitarist who is just playing time sets up such a beautiful groove on "Turpentine Blues", while the other two play runs in the treble and bass, respectively.  You can hear them best on the solos. 

From a musical point of view, it seems very unlikely that Will Weldon is the same musician who recorded later as Casey Bill Weldon, since his voice, rhythmic feel and instrumental sound and technique are altogether different from Casey Bill's.  Will Weldon pronounced "poison", "piezin", with a long "I" sound in the first syllable.  The song also features a gabby spoken commentary in between the sung lines, and I'm missing a couple of those spoken lines that I'd very much appreciate help with.  Here is the trio's performance:



SOLO

Goin' home in the mornin', woman, I sure can't carry you (Spoken: Aw, no!)
Goin' home in the mornin', Lord, I sure can't carry you (Spoken: Ain't gonna carry nobody, that's the main thing)
Ain't nothin' up down there, Lord, a monkey woman can do

I don't want no jet-black woman, Lord, to cook no pie for me (Spoken: Don't cook nor iron)
I don't want no jet-black woman, Lord, to cook no pie for me (Spoken: What kind of man are you?)
'Cause black is evil, I'm scared she might poison me

Some men love high yellow, boy, you give me my black or b'own
Some men love high yellow, boy, you give me my black or b'own (Spoken: That's good notice!)
'Cause your b'own be with you when the yellow puts you down

SOLO (Spoken:  Oh, Mr. Will, play it!)

Says, I wonder would it, boy, a matchbox hold my clothes (Spoken: Matchbox, now?)
And I wonder would a matchbox hold my clothes (Spoken: You know how much there ain't? I ain't got nothin')
I ain't got so many, Lord, I got so far to go

Gonna wash my face in the dear old Mexico
Gonna wash my face in dear old Mexico (Spoken: I'm gonna be back here, though)
Gonna eat my breakfast, thousand miles or more

Now, what you gonna do, boy, when your troubles get like mine?
What you gonna do, boy, when your troubles get like mine?
Take you a mouthful of sugar, boy, and drink a bottle of turpentine

SOLO (Spoken: Play it, boy, that's the natch'l lean woman of mine!)

All best,
Johnm
 
« Last Edit: June 26, 2015, 07:09:27 AM by Johnm »

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Re: Will Weldon Lyrics
« Reply #1 on: June 25, 2015, 10:29:39 AM »
Hi all,
The trio that performed "Turpentine Blues" recorded "Hitch Me To Your Buggy and Drive Me Like A Mule" at the same session, and with the same instrumental set-up.  If anything, this song sounds more like Charley Jordan than did "Turpentine Blues" for in the opening intro it practically quotes Charley Jordan's "You Run and Tell Your Daddy" (or vice versa).  This song is unusual in devoting more or less equal time to instrumental solos and sung verses.  Once again, the trio has beautiful straight-up-and-down time, and Will Weldon's plain-spoken singing wears very well.  Here is the song:



SOLO

You can hitch me to your buggy, babe, drive me just like I was a mule
You can hitch me to your buggy, drive me like I was a mule
Then I want you to understand, woman, ain't nobody's fool (Spoken: That man's crazy about a woman)

SOLO

Oh I may be right, boy, Lord boy, I may be wrong
Well, I may be right, Lord, and I may be wrong
Says, my faro done called me a baby, caught the train and gone (Spoken: Listen to that!  Ah, God bless 'im)

SOLO (Spoken: They can't help it, can they?)

Gonna buy me a bulldog, watch my baby while she sleep
Gonna buy me a bulldog, watch my baby while she sleep
Gonna keep my baby from makin' her midnight creep

SOLO

And Miss Ida says she loved me, boy, don't believe she told me the truth
And Miss Ida says she loved me, don't believe she told the truth (Spoken: No, no)
Every time I put my hand on her, boy, she'd rather get a-loose

All best,
Johnm







 
« Last Edit: June 25, 2015, 10:35:29 AM by Johnm »

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