Topic: Hambone Willie Newbern Lyrics

[banjochris]

Thanks very much for posting that transcription, Chris. It's great to have all of Hambone Willie Newbern's songs transcribed. Great hearing on this one--I had never been able to hear that "precious", right out of the gate, when I've attempted this song before. My one question is in the verse preceding the second solo. Wondering if Hambone Willie ended that one line:

    "cookin' AND A-STEWIN'

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It almost sounds like "cookin' in a-stewin'" to me but I made that change – it could go either way and "and" makes a lot more sense. Thanks!

Harry, I'm still hearing "and," not "but" in that line. He starts it off with a pretty strong "R" between the vowels but I'm not hearing the "u" or "t" sound.
Chris