Topic: Pink Anderson Lyrics

[ScottN]

From Medicine Show Man

I'm Going To Walk Though The Streets Of The City



God knows I'm gonna walk through the street of the City
Where my captain have gone on before
I'm gonna sit down on the bank of the river
And I won't be back no more

My mother she have gone on and left me
And my father he have gone on before
And I promised the good Lord I would meet them
On the King-Dom [fairer] shore

God knows I'm gonna walk through the street of the City
Where my captain have gone on before
I'm gonna sit down on the bank of the river
And I won't be back no more

Some day my trouble will be over
And my trial will be over too
I'm gonna walk through the streets with my captain
Mother and I want you to be there too

Lord knows I'm gonna walk through the streets of the City
Where my captain he have gone on before
I'm gonna sit down on the banks of the river
Mother and I ain't comin' back no more


Thanks,
           Scott

[ScottN]

From Ballad & Folk Singer

In The Evening



Intro

In the evenin in the evenin
Mama when the sun go down
In the evenin mama when the sun go down
Ain't it sad ain't it sad ain't it sad babe
When the one you love is not around
When the sun go down

Well the sun rises up in the east
And it sets down in the west
Well the sun rise in the east baby
And it sets down in the west
Ain't it hard to tell its hard to tell Babe
Which one will treat you the best
When the sun go down

Last night as I lie down a sleepin
I was thinkin to myself
Last night as I lay down sleepin baby
I was thinking to myself
Ain't it hard to tell its hard to tell
Which one will treat you the best
When the sun go down

Solo

Hey please hear my plea
Hey mama please hear my plea
Hey babe please hear poor me


Thanks,
           Scott

[ScottN]

From Ballad & Folk Singer

Sugar Babe



Intro

Take your arm from round my neck Sugar Babe
Take your wing from round my neck Sugar Babe
Take your arm from round my neck you just only a Georgia fake
I'm gon send you right back to Georgia sh' (guitar)

I bought you clothes in the latest style (guitar) yeah I did
I bought you clothes in the latest style Sugar Babe
I bought you clothes in the latest style here you is just runnin wild
I'm gon send you right back to Georgia (guitar)

I've got enough of your baby talk (guitar) I have
I've got enough of your baby talk Sugar Babe
I've got enough of your baby tall here's your fare you don't have to walk
I'm gon send you right (guitar)

You runnin round here ya head so hard (guitar) Sugar Babe
You runnin round here wit' your head so hard Sugar Babe
You runnin round here ya head so hard I believe I'm gon have to use my rod
I'm gon send you right back to Georg' Sugar Babe


Thanks,
           Scott

[ScottN]

From Ballad & Folk Singer



I Will Fly Away

Intro

Some glad mornin when this worried life is over
I will fly('r) away
Now when I die hallelujah bye n bye
I will fly away

Let me tell you I will fly away
Yes I will fly away
Oh when I die hallelujah bye n bye
I will fly away

Just a few more worried days and then
I will fly away
On to a happy world where joy will never end
I will fly away

Let me tell you I will fly away
Oh yes I will fly away
Oh when I die hallelujah bye n bye
I will fly away

Church a members I will fly away
Oh yes I will fly away
Oh when I die hallelujah bye n bye
I will fly away

Some glad mornin when this worried life is over
I will fly away
Oh like a bird when those prison bars is broken
I will fly away

Everybody now I will fly away
Oh yes I will fly away
Now when I die hallelujah bye and bye
I will fly away


Thanks,
           Scott

[ScottN]

From Ballad & Folk Singer

Betty And Dupree



Intro

Betty told Dupree man I wants a diamond ring
Betty told Dupree I wants a diamond ring
Dupree told Betty I will buy you most anything

Betty didn't know Dupree didn't know didn't know he didn't have a thing
She didn't know Dupree she didn't know he didn't have a thing
So he went into a jewelry store and stole Betty a diamond ring

Then Dupree called a taxi taxi take me down on Main
Dupree called a taxi taxi please take me down on Main
Lookee here mister taxi driver I done stole Betty a diamond ring

Solo

He says I shot a policeman and I wounded the detectives, too
I shot a policeman I wounded the detectives, too
Lookee here mister taxi driver and I ain't no fool 'bout you

Solo

Don't mistreat me baby just because I'm young and wild
Don't mistreat me baby just because I'm young and wild
I may be your best friend some sweet day after 'while


Thanks,
            Scott

[ScottN]

Re: The Kaiser lyrics - in reply number 14 of this thread the lyrics were never clarified "Xxx Xxx Uncle Sam."  The new Smithsonian Folkways Cd noted by Stuart today has this same song with a different title "The Boys of Your Uncle Sam" which seems to fit the missing part of the lyric. 

Thanks,
              Scott

[Johnm]

Hi all,
In Pink Anderson's "South Forest Boogie", on the page previous to this one in this thread, at: https://weeniecampbell.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=2742.msg86494#msg86494 , I think the missing line in the second verse is "down to Lureen's Grill", and the second line in the last verse is "who composed this song".  I think the transcription is pretty much right on the money apart from that, and I have entered it in Weeniepedia.
All best,
Johnm

[jake_fantom]

I'm trying to figure out the very last verse of Pink Anderson's "She Knows How to Stretch It." It's really the very first line of the last verse that is giving me headaches. You can find a video of Pink's performance here:

Thanks for any help or clues you can provide!

[Johnm]

Hi jake_fantom,
It sounded to me like Pink sang:
She cooked it faster than anybody you ever did see
I wouldn't tell a baby what that gal told me
All best,
Johnm

[jake_fantom]

Thanks for giving it a listen, Johnm. After conferring with a couple of local blues fans, I believe the lyrics are:

The very best advice I ever did see
I wouldn't-a told baby what the gal told me
She got to learn how to stretch it... etc.

[Johnm]

Hi all,
I merged the recent query about a Pink Anderson lyric with the pre-existing Pink Anderson Lyrics thread.
All best,
Johnm

[Blues Vintage]

C.C. & O Blues


Nice 16 bar blues. Member nobocaster posted this about 8 years ago, so thanks to him for the heavy lifting.


Simmie Dooley – Vocals, Guitar
Pink Anderson – ocassional asides, Guitar

Atlanta, Georgia
April 14, 1928

Drop-D Tuning ?





INTRO SOLO

If you didn't want me, why don't you tell me so
If you didn't want me, why don't you tell me so
If you didn't want me, why don't you tell me so (What boss)
I won't be hangin' 'round, your door no more

Gonna ride the Seaboard, either ride the blind
Gonna ride the Seaboard, either ride the blind
Gonna ride the Seaboard, either ride the blind (What you gon’ do)
Gonna ride that train, you call that C.C. line

I'm goin' up the country, and the time ain’t long
I'm goin' up the country, and the time ain’t long
I'm goin' up the country, and the time ain’t long (What you going for)
Going up the country, to count the days I'm gone

The C.C. & O, the best train of the ride
The C.C. & O, the best train of the ride
The C.C. & O, the best train of the ride (What about it boy)
That's the train to ride, to pacify your mind

SOLO

Mama told me, so did father too
Said, mama told me, so did father too
Said, mama told me, so did father too (What they tell you boss)
That C.C. road, gonna be the death of you

SOLO (whoop it boy, whoop it)

I wonder where, the engineer is goin'
I wonder where, the engineer is goin'
I wonder where, the engineer is goin' (Why boss)
I feel like riding, if it's all night long

[Bluesfrenchgirl]

Hi everybody !
PS : Sorry for my english, I'm french (and it's my first post here)

Have you got the lyrics of "You don't know my mind" of Pink Andreson ?



Otherwise i will do it !

[Blues Vintage]

You don't know, you don't know, you don't know my mind, doggone it
You don't know, you don't know my mind
And when you see me laugh, laughin' just to keep from cryin'

Yes, I feed my baby, on a sweet jelly roll, took my shoes off my feet, let me out in the cold
You don't know, you don't know my mind
And when you see me laugh, laughin' just to keep from cryin'

Honey, you don't know, you don't know, you don't know my mind, doggone it
You don't know, you don't know my mind
And when you see me laugh, laughin' just to keep from cryin'

Yes, I asked my babe, could she stand to see me cry, yes, yes, daddy, I could stand to see you die
You don't know, you don't know my mind
And when you see me laugh, laughin' just to keep from cryin'

Way last winter when the time was rough, I was out in the coal mine struttin’ my stuff
You don't know, you don't know my mind
And when you see me laugh, laughin' just to keep from cryin'

Honey, you don't know, you don't know, you don't know my mind, we-he babe
You don't know, you don't know my mind
And when you see me laugh, laughin' just to keep from cryin'

[Johnm]

Hi Blues Vintage,
I'm hearing a couple of places differently. see what you think.

   1.1, 3.1--. . .doggone IT

   4.1 Yes, I asked my babe, could SHE . . .

   5.1 WAY last winter . . .