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Marco:
Hello!
Please, could you help me with the lyrics of this song?
This is what I understand listening to the CD: "Jim Jackson - Complete Recorded Works in Chron. Order VOL. 1" - Document DOCD-5114.
(?) = I'm not too sure! :-\
.... = I don't understand :(
A lot of problems with the last verse! :'(
MANY THANKS!!!
Jim Jackson?s Kansas City Blues Pt. 1
I woke up this morning, feeling bad
Thought about the good times I once had
I'm gonna move to Kansas City
I'm gonna move to Kansas City
I'm gonna move, baby, honey where they don't like you (?)
My mother told me, daddy told me too
If by the cramps in your feet son, ain't no friend to you
You oughta move to Kansas City
You oughta move to Kansas City
You oughta move to Kansas City, baby, honey where they don't like you (?)
I got me a bulldog, shephered and two greyhounds
Two high yellows, three blacks and one brown
We gonna move to Kansas City
We gonna move to Kansas City
We gonna move to Kansas City, baby, honey
where they don't like you (?)
It takes a rocking chair to rock, a rubber ball to roll
Nice looking season ground (?) to satisfy my soul
??? move to Kansas City
??? move to Kansas City
I?m gonna move to Kansas City, baby, honey
where they don't like you (?)
T is for Texas, T is for Tennessee
Boll weavil gotten Mississippi, and the women wants me
I'm gonna move to Kansas City
I'm gonna move to Kansas City
I'm gonna move, baby, honey where they don't like you (?)
You can hold? when you good girl want to?.
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tenderfoot84:
don't have the tune handy but jim jackson definately sings 'nice looking teasing brown'.
i just remembered i have this song on my mobile phone so i can listen to it in class :)
Jim Jackson?s Kansas City Blues Pt. 1
I woke up this morning, feeling bad
Thought about the good times I once have had
I'm gonna move to Kansas City
I'm gonna move to Kansas City
I'm gonna move, baby, honey where they don't like you / don't 'llow you
My mother told me, daddy told me too
If by the cramps in your feet son, ain't no friend to you
You oughta move to Kansas City
You oughta move to Kansas City
You oughta move to Kansas City, baby, honey where they don't like you / don't 'llow you
I got me a bulldog, two shepherds and two greyhounds
Two high yellows, three blacks and one brown
We gonna move to Kansas City
We gonna move to Kansas City
We gonna move to Kansas City, baby, honey where they don't like you / don't 'llow you
It takes a rocking chair to rock, a rubber ball to roll
Nice looking teasin' brown to satisfy my soul
then i'll move to Kansas City
then i'll move to Kansas City
I?m gonna move to Kansas City, baby, honey where they don't like you / don't 'llow you
T is for Texas, T is for Tennessee
Boll weavil got to Mississippi, and the women wants me
I'm gonna move to Kansas City
I'm gonna move to Kansas City
I'm gonna move, baby, honey where they don't like you / don't 'llow you
You can always tell when you good girl want to flirt
want to where red slippers to match that old matching skirt
i forgot to note down what ending there was to the last verse but i don't think it's any different from the ones above. anyhoo, best get back to work.
Marco:
Many thanks, Tenderfoot! :D
Johnm:
Hi all,
Jim Jackson played "Foot Achin' Blues" out of D position in standard tuning tuning. After a very nifty intro, he relegates the guitar to a strict time-keeping role for the rest of his rendition. This must be one of the only piano/guitar duets from the early years of the Country Blues in which the guitar completely drowns out the piano. I don't know who the pianist was--anyone out there know? The lyrics to this one have a distinct "all-over-the place" quality that I find very winning. Jim Jackson plays wonderfully strong time, but his chordal sense erodes as the rendition goes along, and towards the end he makes some decidedly odd choices. The song can be found on the Country blues on YouTube thread at: http://weeniecampbell.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=2101.msg71974#msg71974.
I've got the foot achin' blues, mama, my corn hurts me all the time
I've got the foot achin' blues, and my corns hurts me all the time
'Cause the gal I love is always on my mind
My dog got the measles, what's the matter with my cat?
My dog got the measles, what's the matter with my cat?
He's sittin' in the corner, tryin' to charm a rat
My woman left this mornin' with her suitcase in 'er hand
My woman left this mornin' with her suitcase in 'er hand
I wouldn't hate it so bad, but she's gone with another man
Listen, good people, I'll tell you what your friends will do
Now, listen, good people, I'll tell you what you friends will do
They will sleep and eat at your house and take your good gal from you
I can't sleep, cain't rest nowhere I go
I can't sleep, babe, cain't rest nowhere I go
Always remember, you got to reap just what you sow
I love you, honey, and will love you all my life
I love you, honey, will love you all my life
Papa Jim Jackson cain't let the same bee sting him twice
All best,
Johnm
dj:
--- Quote ---I don't know who the pianist was--anyone out there know?
--- End quote ---
the discography on Document 5115, Jim Jackson Volume 2, which is based on B&GR 3 with emendations based on Johnny Parth's gut feelings, has "probably Speckled Red" (Rufus Perryman) as the pianist. B&GR 4 has "unknown", which I think is probably more accurate. Looking at who was in the studio in Chicago around May 15 1929, when Foot Achin' Blues was recorded, I don't see any obvious candidates.
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