Topic: Robert Petway Lyrics

[waxwing]

Wow! Great ears on that one, Chris. There's really so few of the puzzle pieces actually enunciated, but you got it. Have you heard other examples of the expression?

Wax

[banjochris]

I guess it's just one of those old-timey expressions that I've heard over the years, Wax. One song that I know has it is Rosie Mae Moore's "Stranger Blues," right at the beginning:


Chris

[waxwing]

Thanks Chris. I had heard the expression "a heap of it," but never connected to "play it long time." Plain as day on Rosa Mae's "Stranger Blues." Cool.

Wax

[banjochris]

Thanks Chris. I had heard the expression "a heap of it," but never connected to "play it long time." Plain as day on Rosa Mae's "Stranger Blues." Cool.

Yeah I don't think I had heard them together either before except on the Moore track!