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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsSee that my grave is kept clean
... Lord, there's one kind of favor I ask of youSee that my grave is kept clean ...
Have you ever hear a coffin sound?
Then you know another poor boy's in the ground ...
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See that my grave is kept clean (Original Post)
struggle4progress
Jun 2014
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struggle4progress
(120,551 posts)1. Barbecue Blues
... I ain't good‑looking
teeth don't shine like pearls
So glad cuz looks don't take you through this world ...
teeth don't shine like pearls
So glad cuz looks don't take you through this world ...
struggle4progress
(120,551 posts)2. If I had my way I'd tear this building down
... If I had my way
If I had, ah, a wicked world
If I had, ah, ah Lord, tear this building down ...
If I had, ah, a wicked world
If I had, ah, ah Lord, tear this building down ...
struggle4progress
(120,551 posts)3. Judge Cliff Davis Blues
... 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 ...
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
(120,551 posts)4. Boll weevil blues
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 ...
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
(120,551 posts)5. Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
... 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 ...
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
(17,788 posts)26. Isn't it "until the Eagle screams?"
Makes more sense that way, anyway. It's the eagle on the silver dollar.
-- Mal
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)27. Yes, that is the correct lyric.
struggle4progress
(120,551 posts)28. Thanks for the correction!
struggle4progress
(120,551 posts)6. Murder gonna be my crime
... 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 ...
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
(120,551 posts)7. Blind man blues
struggle4progress
(120,551 posts)8. Getting ready for trial
Live and Learn
(12,769 posts)9. Sounds like someone has the blues.
Great songs and artists - bookmarked for when I need them.
struggle4progress
(120,551 posts)10. Frost Texas tornado blues
... 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 ...
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
(120,551 posts)11. Bootlegging blues
... 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 ...
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
(120,551 posts)12. Feather bed
... 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 ...
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
(120,551 posts)13. Cool drink of water
... I asked the conductor could I ride the blinds?
Son, buy your ticket cuz this train ain't none of mine
Son, buy your ticket cuz this train ain't none of mine
struggle4progress
(120,551 posts)14. Bull doze blues
... 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 ...
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
(120,551 posts)15. Six cold feet in the ground
... 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 ...
baby in six cold feet of ground
Well I don’t have to be the loser
when the deal goes down ...
struggle4progress
(120,551 posts)16. You shall
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 ...
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
(120,551 posts)17. Ain't no tellin
... 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 ...
She might shoot you
may cut and starve ya too
Ain't no tellin what she might do ...
struggle4progress
(120,551 posts)18. Coal man blues
... 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 ...
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
(120,551 posts)19. Dope head blues
struggle4progress
(120,551 posts)20. High sheriff blues
... 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 ...
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
(120,551 posts)21. St James Infirmary
... I just passed by St. James infirmary
Saw my baby there
stretched out on a long white table
so sweet
so cold
so bare ...
Saw my baby there
stretched out on a long white table
so sweet
so cold
so bare ...
struggle4progress
(120,551 posts)22. Doctor doctor
... Doctor stopped me from drinking
Boys, I can't smoke no more
And I can't see no peace
seem like nowhere I go ...
Boys, I can't smoke no more
And I can't see no peace
seem like nowhere I go ...
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)23. Death Don't Have No Mercy
Leme
(1,092 posts)24. bookmarked, thanks
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
panader0
(25,816 posts)25. Thanks