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Country Blues => Country Blues Lyrics => Topic started by: Blues Vintage on November 19, 2021, 01:55:02 PM
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Dawn Of Day Blues
Mary Johnson – Vocals
Judson Brown – Piano
Tampa Red – Guitar
April 8, 1930
Chicago, Illinois
Piano in F#
Guitar in Vestapol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U59JgH8V0zg
INTRO
I wake up every mornin’, just at the dawn of day
I wake up every mornin’, just at the dawn of day
I am wonderin’ and thinkin’ why, did my good man go away
When I woke up this mornin’, it was just at the break of day
When I woke up this mornin’, it was just at the break of day
I was thinkin’ of that mean old woman, that had stole my man away
GUITAR SOLO (Ah, play ‘em, play it a long time)
Now, I go out and I try, to have my good time
Now, I go out and I try, to have my good time
But it seems to me that I, just not can’t keep from cryin’
Well, I hate to see, that evening sun go down
Well, I hate to see, that evening sun go down
But it’s the worrisome old night and I’m, blue all night long
OUTRO
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Love Mary Johnson! I'd suggest "why DID my good man GO away" for 1.3 and "it" in 3.3, which is probably just a typo.
Chris
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Thanks for the catches, Chris
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Rattlesnake Blues
Mary Johnson – Vocals
Roosevelt Sykes – Piano
Richmond, Indiana
September 22, 1932
Piano in F
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZhE4pZwc1E
INTRO
Rattlesnake treating papa, what makes you treat your mama so mean
Rattlesnake treating papa, what makes you treat your mama so mean
You know that your mama loves you, that's why you treat me like you do
You treats me like a rattlesnake, crawling on the ground
You treats me like a rattlesnake, crawling on the ground
The better I try to treat you, the more you throw your mama down
SOLO (Spoken: Ah, fiddle that ivory board)
Oh, that's all right, daddy, that's all right for you
Oh, that's all right, daddy, that's all right for you
Someday you'll want poor Mary and she'll, be so far from you
SOLO
Oh, rattlesnake crawling daddy, you know you doin’ me wrong
Oh, rattlesnake crawling daddy, you know you doin’ me wrong
I'm looking for you baby and you, crawling ‘round some other terrapins home
You dog me early in the morning, and dog me late at night
You dog me early in the morning, and you dog me late at night
And I can tell by that rat, you ain't treating your mama right
OUTRO
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Thanks for posting that transcription, Blues Vintage. I believe the spoken comment in the solo is:
Ah, fiddle that ivory board!
I think the end of the tagline in the next-to-last verse is:
. . . crawling 'round some OTHER'S HAPPY home
All best,
Johnm
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(was about to open "Hi Harry")
Hey BV,
I think the final verse is
You dog me ALL in the morning, and dog me late at night
You dog me ALL in the morning, and you dog me late at night
And I can tell by that, RAT, you ain't treating your mama right
She would probably sing "soon one morning" if she meant "early"
In the tag line of the next to last verse I think she is using a derogatory term for another woman that sounds something like "terpie's" (almost "turkey" in honor of yesterday in the states).
Heh-heh. I checked Bob McLeod and he had "terrapin's". Another reptile, like a rattlesnake? Well, some agreement with the "t" and "p" sounds I hear.
Wax
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Thanks for the help. I never heard that "fiddle that ivory board" before.
I keep "early" instead of "all". It does sound "terrapins". I keep "rat" for now but not I'm not convinced.
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I hear "early" also and it sounds more like "Ray" than "Rat" to me. Terrapin I think is possible; I looked it up and it can be a term of contempt besides the obvious reptile meaning.