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See that my grave is kept clean (Original Post) struggle4progress Jun 2014 OP
Barbecue Blues struggle4progress Jun 2014 #1
If I had my way I'd tear this building down struggle4progress Jun 2014 #2
Judge Cliff Davis Blues struggle4progress Jun 2014 #3
Boll weevil blues struggle4progress Jun 2014 #4
Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out struggle4progress Jun 2014 #5
Isn't it "until the Eagle screams?" malthaussen Jun 2014 #26
Yes, that is the correct lyric. WinkyDink Jun 2014 #27
Thanks for the correction! struggle4progress Jun 2014 #28
Murder gonna be my crime struggle4progress Jun 2014 #6
Blind man blues struggle4progress Jun 2014 #7
Getting ready for trial struggle4progress Jun 2014 #8
Sounds like someone has the blues. Live and Learn Jun 2014 #9
Frost Texas tornado blues struggle4progress Jun 2014 #10
Bootlegging blues struggle4progress Jun 2014 #11
Feather bed struggle4progress Jun 2014 #12
Cool drink of water struggle4progress Jun 2014 #13
Bull doze blues struggle4progress Jun 2014 #14
Six cold feet in the ground struggle4progress Jun 2014 #15
You shall struggle4progress Jun 2014 #16
Ain't no tellin struggle4progress Jun 2014 #17
Coal man blues struggle4progress Jun 2014 #18
Dope head blues struggle4progress Jun 2014 #19
High sheriff blues struggle4progress Jun 2014 #20
St James Infirmary struggle4progress Jun 2014 #21
Doctor doctor struggle4progress Jun 2014 #22
Death Don't Have No Mercy hobbit709 Jun 2014 #23
bookmarked, thanks Leme Jun 2014 #24
Thanks panader0 Jun 2014 #25

struggle4progress

(118,032 posts)
1. Barbecue Blues
Sun Jun 8, 2014, 03:10 AM
Jun 2014
... I ain't good‑looking
teeth don't shine like pearls
So glad cuz looks don't take you through this world ...


struggle4progress

(118,032 posts)
2. If I had my way I'd tear this building down
Sun Jun 8, 2014, 03:16 AM
Jun 2014
... If I had my way
If I had, ah, a wicked world
If I had, ah, ah Lord, tear this building down ...


struggle4progress

(118,032 posts)
3. Judge Cliff Davis Blues
Sun Jun 8, 2014, 03:25 AM
Jun 2014
... The other afternoon I was sitting in the court house room
I was listening to what was going on ...

After every case was tried
The prisoners w'all led inside
As they passed by
I thought somebody cry ...



struggle4progress

(118,032 posts)
4. Boll weevil blues
Sun Jun 8, 2014, 03:33 AM
Jun 2014
Hey boll weevil
don't sing the blues no more
hey hey boll weevil, don't sing the blues no more
Boll weevils here
boll weevils everywhere you go ...

I'm a lone boll weevil
been out a good long time
I'm going to tell this to you
the evil boll weevil loves some vine ...


struggle4progress

(118,032 posts)
5. Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
Sun Jun 8, 2014, 03:36 AM
Jun 2014
... When I begin to fall so low
I didn't have a friend and no place to go
But if I ever get my hand on a dollar again
I'm gonna hold on to it till them eagle's green

Nobody knows you
When you're down and out
In my pocket not one penny
And my friends -- I haven't any

But if I ever get on my feet again
Then I'll meet my long lost friend
It's mighty strange without a doubt
Nobody knows you when you're down and out ...


malthaussen

(17,065 posts)
26. Isn't it "until the Eagle screams?"
Sun Jun 8, 2014, 04:29 PM
Jun 2014

Makes more sense that way, anyway. It's the eagle on the silver dollar.

-- Mal

struggle4progress

(118,032 posts)
6. Murder gonna be my crime
Sun Jun 8, 2014, 03:42 AM
Jun 2014
... Some folks thinks I'm happy but oh! you don't know
You can never tell what goes behind closed doors ...

I'm charged with stealing but murder is my crime
I'm gonna kill my baby unless he change his mind ...


struggle4progress

(118,032 posts)
10. Frost Texas tornado blues
Sun Jun 8, 2014, 04:06 AM
Jun 2014
... I was settin lookin way out across this world
Said the wind had sands twistin almost in a swirl ...

Says I've been a good fella
good as I can be
Says it's Lord have mercy
Lord have mercy on me ...


struggle4progress

(118,032 posts)
11. Bootlegging blues
Sun Jun 8, 2014, 04:24 AM
Jun 2014
... I went home the other night
I swore I wouldn't drink no more
Until saloons come back with bottle and bondy
in the days of long ago

But I see that will never be
so I just got drunk again
I haven't nothing so long as corn liquor lasts
and I got no money to spend ...


struggle4progress

(118,032 posts)
12. Feather bed
Sun Jun 8, 2014, 04:30 AM
Jun 2014
... I went downtown
didn't mean no harm
Police grabbed me right by my arm
Soon I began to pitch
I began to rear
Felt like strolling in the air
Ooh oooh baby
over the road I'm bound to go ...


struggle4progress

(118,032 posts)
13. Cool drink of water
Sun Jun 8, 2014, 04:39 AM
Jun 2014
... I asked the conductor could I ride the blinds?
Son, buy your ticket cuz this train ain't none of mine




struggle4progress

(118,032 posts)
14. Bull doze blues
Sun Jun 8, 2014, 04:44 AM
Jun 2014
... I’m going away and it won’t be long ...
Just as sure that train leaves out of that Mobile yard ...
If you don’t believe I’m sinking, look what a hole I’m in ...


struggle4progress

(118,032 posts)
15. Six cold feet in the ground
Sun Jun 8, 2014, 04:50 AM
Jun 2014
... Just lay my body
baby in six cold feet of ground
Well I don’t have to be the loser
when the deal goes down ...


struggle4progress

(118,032 posts)
16. You shall
Sun Jun 8, 2014, 04:55 AM
Jun 2014
Well it's our father who art in heaven
The preacher owed me ten dollars
He paid me seven
Thy kingdom come
Thy will be done
If I hadn't took the seven Lord I wouldn't a got none
Had a fight about it
What he owed me
My money ...


struggle4progress

(118,032 posts)
17. Ain't no tellin
Sun Jun 8, 2014, 05:05 AM
Jun 2014
... Don't you let my good girl catch you here
She might shoot you
may cut and starve ya too
Ain't no tellin what she might do ...


struggle4progress

(118,032 posts)
18. Coal man blues
Sun Jun 8, 2014, 05:13 AM
Jun 2014
... Let me tell you something that I seen
Coal man got run over by the 5:15
Cut off his arms and it crushed his ribs
Did the poor man die?
No -- the poor man lived ...



struggle4progress

(118,032 posts)
20. High sheriff blues
Sun Jun 8, 2014, 05:23 AM
Jun 2014
... Get in trouble in Belzoni there ain't no use to scream and cry
Mr. Will will take you back to Belzoni jailhouse a-fly ...

Lemme tell you folks how he treated me
And he put me in a cellar
It was as dark as it could be ...


struggle4progress

(118,032 posts)
21. St James Infirmary
Sun Jun 8, 2014, 05:32 AM
Jun 2014
... I just passed by St. James infirmary
Saw my baby there
stretched out on a long white table
so sweet
so cold
so bare ...


struggle4progress

(118,032 posts)
22. Doctor doctor
Sun Jun 8, 2014, 05:44 AM
Jun 2014
... Doctor stopped me from drinking
Boys, I can't smoke no more
And I can't see no peace
seem like nowhere I go ...


 

Leme

(1,092 posts)
24. bookmarked, thanks
Sun Jun 8, 2014, 08:41 AM
Jun 2014

I just can't listen to blues like I used to... but may feel up to it and will keep these in mind for sure.
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I don't listen to much music of any kind these days. I wander around you tube for an hour once or twice a week/month.
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thanks again

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