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GUEST,Max Pittman Lyr ADD: Whoa Back Buck (Leadbelly) (55* d) RE: Lyric Req: Woah Back Buck, by Leadbelly 23 May 07


First two lines, last verse of 'Yellow Womens Doorbell' always seemed to me to be:
On Monday, me and my baby went a-walking;
On Tuesday, she shut me out of doors!

(together with Wednesday and Thursday, she's obviously an unpredictable lass)

But if the last line of the chorus is
I ain't gonna ring them yellow womens' doorbell

that makes terrific sense! I always heard 'I ain't gonna bring them yellow women no bills' - with bills meaning money; but I never felt it was right. Much prefer the doorbells. I assume the yellow women were mixed race, not accepted by whites or blacks, and had to go on the game to survive.


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