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Offline Rexel Matador

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Floyd Council Lyrics
« on: July 11, 2014, 01:31:39 AM »
No-one seems to have transcribed this excellent song so here it is. I hope the abridged choruses are acceptable - they are all the same on the recording. There's one line I'm not sure about because it sounds so odd. In the third verse, the only possibilities I can hear are "Got a load of wood", "Bought a load of wood" or "Order a load of wood". Is he really saying "a load of wood" or is it something else? Any help appreciated.



Goin? down to the station
Gun in my hand
Tryin? to get something my woman been
Givin? another man

I?m grievin? and I'm worryin?
Babe I?m grievin? and I'm worryin?
Babe I?m grievin? and I'm worryin?
Mama ?bout the way you do

I wanna say something mama
I want you to understand
Don?t be givin? my lovin?
To no other man

Babe I?m grievin? etc...

Gone up town
Got a load of wood
Run right back, my baby
She got something good

Now I?m grievin? etc...

I worked for that woman
Through that ice and snow
Weather done got warm now
She don?t want me no more

Babe I?m grievin? etc...
« Last Edit: July 10, 2020, 06:18:25 PM by Johnm »

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Re: Floyd Council - I'm Grievin' and I'm Worryin'
« Reply #1 on: July 11, 2014, 11:50:19 AM »
Not sure but sounds like "order a load of wood".

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Floyd Council Lyrics
« Reply #2 on: July 20, 2015, 03:27:21 PM »
Hi all,
Floyd "Dipper Boy" Council was an exceptionally strong singer and player from North Carolina whose musical career was unfortunately inadequately documented on recordings; given how expert he was, there are just too few recordings of him.  "Runaway Man Blues" has him accompanying himself out of A position in standard tuning, working very much the same territory as such Carolinas players of the '30s and '40s as Blind Boy Fuller, Rich and Willie Trice, Sonny Jones and Baby Tate.  Boy, was he good!  Here is the song:



SOLO

When I left my home, I left my baby cryin'
When I left my home, I left my baby cryin'
Singin', "Daddy you going to leave me, and it sure do grieve my mind."

Yeah, my mama in the kitchen, sister in the door
Hey, hey, 'ey, sister in the door
But my baby in the back yard, cryin', "Daddy, don't go."

Don't you worry 'bout me, mama, don't count the days I'm gone
Don't you worry about me mama, don't count the days I'm gone
'Cause you got to remember, someday your daddy will be back home

SOLO (Spoken:  All right, boy)

I'm gon' get me a razor, knife and a blue-steel gun
I'm gonna get me a razor, knife and a blue-steel gun
So I can cut you if you stand, shoot you if you run

All best,
Johnm

 
« Last Edit: July 20, 2015, 03:28:50 PM by Johnm »

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Re: Floyd Council Lyrics
« Reply #3 on: August 16, 2015, 10:24:17 AM »
Hi all,
Floyd Council played "Looking For My Baby" out of C position in standard tuning, putting in lots of nifty touches in his opening solo that indicated he wasn't simply channeling Blind Boy Fuller, but had a lot of his own ideas to offer.  Here is his rendition of the song:



SOLO

Walking and walking, walking all by myself
I been walking and walking, walking all by myself
Because that woman I love, lovin' somebody else

Get me my black horse, and rope up my gray mare
Get me my black horse and, rope up my gray mare
I got to find my baby, she's in this world somewhere

SOLO

I done walked and walked my, feet down to the nub
I done walked and walked my, feet down to the nub
I'm gon' keep on walkin' 'til I find that woman I love

I'm gonna get me a woman, woman that's old and gray
I'm gon' get me a woman, woman that's old and gray
Maybe she'll stay at home and won't be givin' my lovin' away

All best,
Johnm
« Last Edit: September 07, 2018, 09:25:43 AM by Johnm »

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Re: Floyd Council Lyrics
« Reply #4 on: May 03, 2023, 07:41:20 AM »
Hi all,
Floyd Council recorded "Working Man Blues" on February 11, 1937 at a session in New York City, accompanying himself out of A position in standard tuning. Like many Carolina blues players of his era, he was particularly strong and inventive working in A position. I particularly like his signature lick at :35--:36.  Here is "Working Man Blues":



INTRO SOLO

A working man, ain't nothin' but a dog
A working man, ain't nothin' but a dog
When he work hard all the week, payday, his woman wants it all

I came home this morning, 'tween 9:30 and 10
When I got home this morning, between 9:30 and 10
When I found that old backbiter, right settin' [sic] back in my den

Babe, I feel like snappin', my pistol in your face
Hey-hey, my pistol in your face
Let some low-down undertaker, carry you to your resting place

A working man, oughta come home 'head of time
Hey-hey, oughta come home 'head of time
So you could catch your dirty woman, just like I caught mine

Lord, Lord, ain't gon' work no more
Lord, Lord, ain't going to work no more
I'm gon' get me a working woman, and let this housekeeper go

CODA

All best,
Johnm
 

« Last Edit: May 03, 2023, 12:01:54 PM by Johnm »

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