Thanks for your help banjochris - I upgraded the lyrics.
Harriet
Harriet
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I would figure something out, then I would meet somebody and say "I have it!" and they'd play and I went "Huh?" [laughter] Yeah, what I had was I had the record. I didn't have THAT! - Jerry Ricks, Port Townsend 97
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I merged Harriet's recent transcription of "My Baby's Gone" into the Curley Weaver Lyrics thread. All best, Johnm Hi all,
"Trixie", recorded in 1950, is Curley Weaver's version of the old hit, "Tricks Ain't Walkin' No More", of course, and like his erstwhile playing partner, Buddy Moss, Curley played it out of G position in standard tuning. I'd very much appreciate help with the missing place in the final verse. Here is "Trixie": Tricks ain't walkin' no more, tricks ain't walkin' no more Tricks ain't walkin' no more, stay away from my door I got a gal, she's little and low, she used to let me shake it but she don't no more, now Tricks ain't walkin' no more, tricks ain't walkin' no more, I mean, tricks ain't walkin' no more Tricks ain't walkin' no more, tricks ain't walkin' no more Tricks ain't walkin' no more, stay away from my door I got a gal, she's long and tall, sleeps in the kitchen with her head in the hall, now Tricks ain't walkin' no more, tricks ain't walkin' no more, I mean, tricks ain't walkin' no more Tricks ain't walkin' no more, tricks ain't walkin' no more Tricks ain't walkin' no more, stay away from my door Two fat women, layin' in the shade, they're waitin' on the money their monkeymen made Tricks ain't walkin' no more, tricks ain't walkin' no more, I mean, tricks ain't walkin' no more Tricks ain't walkin' no more, tricks ain't walkin' no more Tricks ain't walkin' no more, stay away from my door Some of these women, they sure look tough, every time I see 'em they got a mouthful of snuff Tricks ain't walkin' no more, tricks ain't walkin' no more, I mean, tricks ain't walkin' no more Tricks ain't walkin' no more, tricks ain't walkin' no more Tricks ain't walkin' no more, stay away from my door Ever since ham been a dollar a pound, I been eatin' so many rabbits 'til I'm hoppin' around Tricks ain't walkin' no more, tricks ain't walkin' no more, I mean, tricks ain't walkin' no more SOLO BEGINS VERSE Soup house runnin' every day, tryin' to drive depression away, now Tricks ain't walkin' no more, tricks ain't walkin' no more, I mean, tricks ain't walkin' no more Edited 2/18 to pick up correction from banjochris All best, Johnm That's a tough one, isn't it, Harry? To me, it sounds like
Soup Hal runnin', every day which makes no sense at all. I'm stuck currently, and not hearing anything that makes any sense. It's "soup house runnin'" – I listened to Curley's 1934 recording in which he sings it the exact same unintelligible way and then Buddy Moss' record, and he sings "They run a soup house everyday..." – so it's a reference to soup kitchens.
Chris Hi all,
Curley Weaver recorded "Dirty Deal Blues" at a session in Long Island City in May of 1929, accompanying himself out of Spanish tuning with a slide and using an approach that was also used by Barbecue Bob on many of his recordings. This record is really whupped, and I would very much appreciate help with anything I'm missing or have gotten wrong. Here is Curley Weaver's "Dirty Deal Blues": INTRO When you was down, mama, sick down on your bed When you was down, mama, sick down on your bed I brought you your medicine, also brought you [ ] Now you's up today, looking good again Now you's up today, looking good again I brought you your medicine, won't even let me in I go down the early morning, I goes there late at night I go down the early morning, I go there late at night No matter what time I go there, he never cut out all his lights I'm gonna hire me a taxi, gonna ride away from here I'm gonna hire me a taxi, gonna ride away from here My home up the country, I want to know what I'm doin' 'round here Hey, hey-hey-hey-hey-hey, hey-hey-hey-hey, hey-hey Hey-ey, hey-hey-hey-hey, hey-hey-hey-hey, hey-hey Every man in Atlanta, keeps treatin' me like his dog I run to the telephone, put the receiver down I took the phone, put the receiver down I said, "Hello Central, give me Dr. Brown." CODA All best, Johnm A couple suggestions, John:
I'm not quite sure about 1.3, but it could be "BROUGHT YOUR PAY" 3.1 and 3.2 should be I go THERE EARLY IN THE MORNING 6.1 and 6.2 should be TOOK the receiver down How many different Blind Lemon tunes are the lyrics from? Chris Hi John and Chris,
This song was done in Miller's Breakdown https://weeniecampbell.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=10188.msg110329#msg110329 When you were down, mama, sick down on your bed When you were down, mama, sick down on your bed I brought you your medicine, also brought you bread Then you's out today, looking good again Then you's out today, looking good again I brought you your medicine, you won't even let me in I go there early in the morning, I go there late at night I go there early in the morning, I go there late at night No matter what time I go there, he never cut out all his lights I'm gonna hire me a taxi, gon' ride away from here I'm gonna hire me a taxi, gon' ride away from here My home up the country, mama, I wanna know what I'm doin' 'round here Hey, hey-hey, hey-hey, hey-hey-hey-hey, hey-hey Hey, hey-hey, hey-hey, hey-hey-hey-hey, hey-hey Every man in Atlanta, he treats me like his dog I ran to the telephone, took the receiver down I went to the telephone, took the receiver down I said, "Hello Central, give me Dr. Brown." Uh-oh, it's like buying a much needed large mixing bowl, only to discover two months later you have two exact large mixing bowls on top of the refrigerator.
That pretty much goes along with the rest of my day! Oh well, and yeah bread makes the most sense there for sure – he really trails off.
Chris Oof, you're right, Slack. I should check Weeniepedia before doing what I think is a new transcription, and looking earlier in the same thread wouldn't hurt either.
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