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GUEST,Joseph Scott Lyr Req: Richmond Blues (15) RE: Lyr Req: Richmond Blues 11 Aug 18


All [[]] below from before Jimmie Rodgers born 1897 began recording in 1927

"... MVS...

I was standin', standin' in Richmond
On the corner of Broad and Main [["I was standing on the corner, did not mean no harm," "The Bridwell Blues," Nolan Welsh 1926, born about 1892 Louisiana]]
[["standing on the corner, didn't mean no harm" heard by 1919, see Newman White's _American Negro Folk Songs_]]
Up walked two police,
Said, 'Son what is your right name?'

Then I told him my name
Was stamped on my shirt
I'm a woman fool lover
I sure can't got no work [that's what it sounds like]

My little gal, she went away
Didn't even write me
Got my mind all worried
Like water in a deep blue sea.

Well, I'm goin' up town
I'm gonna talk with that chief police
Lord, my little gal in trouble
And I sure can't find no peace.

I'm gonna buy me a bulldog [["buy me a bulldog" "Jealous Hearted Blues" copyright 1924 by Lovie Austin born about 1887 Tennessee, this is the one that was stolen by A.P. as "Jealous Hearted Me"]]
I'm gonna shepherd two greyhounds [that's what it sounds like]
I'm gonna use these dogs
Just to run my good gal down. [["hounds... good gal down" "Booger Rooger Blues" Lemon Jefferson about 12/1926 born about 1893 Texas]]
I'm gonna use these dogs
Just to watch me while I sleep
Just to keep them men
From making their early creep.

Lord, I wrote one line
And I laid my pencil down
My heart struck sorrow [["heart struck sorrow" "Bed Time Blues" Virginia Liston 1923 cowritten by her, born about 1890]]
And the tears come rollin' down.

Uh huh, uh huh,
Uh huh, aw shucks [Fuller usually says 'Oh, pshaw']
You know two men lovin' you
But one of 'em's got to go.

Then I feel, feel like slappin'
My little pistol in your face
Lord, now, In some graveyard
'll be your restin' place.

Graveyard, graveyard,
It's a lowdown dirty place
Lie flat on your back
Throw mud all in your face.

I'll drink muddy water
I'll sleep in a hollow log [["muddy water... hollow log" in "Caldonia Blues" 1924 cowritten by George W. Thomas born about 1884 Arkansas]]
Ain't gonna stay here, woman,
Be treated like no dog...." [["log... treated like a dog" in "Baltimore Blues" 1919 written by Sissle and Blake born 1889 and 1887]]


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