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Thread #66831   Message #1113714
Posted By: Jim Dixon
10-Feb-04 - 10:00 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Let Your Money Talk (Kokomo Arnold)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Let Your Money Talk' by Kokomo Arnold
This song has some things in common with ALABAMA BOUND.

By the way, the version of ALABAMA BOUND in the DT leaves out the call-and-response structure that I recall someone using—I don't know if it was Lead Belly:

I'm Alabama bound (I'm Alabama bound)
I'm Alabama bound (I'm Alabama bound)
And if the train don't stop and turn around
I'm Alabama bound (I'm Alabama bound)

LET YOUR MONEY TALK seems to have a similar structure, but Kokomo Arnold seems to be singing both the call and response by himself.

Another feature the two songs have in common is the line "Leave [me] a dime for beer."