My mama's gettin' old, hair is turnin' gray, you know it'd break her heart knowin' I'm livin' this-a-way - Charlie Patton, Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues
Well done, Colm! I really like your singing, as per usual, and your playing has a lot of drive. I like the little syncopated rhythmic hitch you put in the signature lick, too. It's great to hear you venturing into non-John Hurt material. Thanks for putting the video up. All best, Johnm
Well, if "mamlish" actually does mean something, I don't know what it is, but if you look at the contexts in which it was used, it appears to function as a non-specific intensifier, as in Bobby Grant's "Nappy Head Blues"
"Head so nappy, feet so mamlish long, looked like a turkey comin' through the mamlish corn"
Substitute "very", "doggone" or f***in'" and you'd have approximately the same meaning.
At one point, I thought "mamlish" might be the feminine equivalent of "mannish", but that idea doesn't hold up under examination of the different contexts in which the word was used.
All best, Johnm
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