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Thread #75196   Message #1318246
Posted By: GUEST,Hootenanny
05-Nov-04 - 05:30 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Walk Right in Belmont (Watts & Wilson)
Subject: Lyr Add: WALK RIGHT IN BELMONT (from Watts, Wilson
Hi again Greg,
Yes, Yazoo 2048 Volume 4 in the series as Watts and Wilson. This is what I hear:

Oh when you go to Belmont well you'd better walk right
And you'd better not gamble and you'd better not fight
Polceman will get you and he'll bring you right down
Y'ain't got no money you're chain gang bound

Six O'clock in the morning hear the ding dong ring
And you go to the table it's the same old thing
Just coffee on the table (just a biscuit) ? is all
If you don't like it boys you won't get none at all

Yonder come my woman oh how do you know
By the little old apron that she always wore
Umbrella on her shoulder and money in her hand
Says stand back captain I've come to get my man

Six O'clock in the evening hear the ding dong ring
And you go to the table it's the same old thing
Cornbread on the table just as hard as a rock
Ain't that enough ladies to break a husband's heart

Yonder comes my woman oh how do you know
By the little old apron that she always wore
Umbrella on her shoulder and money in her hand
Says stand back captain I've come to get my man


It's the "just a biscuit" in the second verse I'm having trouble with.
It is in fact very similar to Leadbelly's 'Midnight Special'. So, which came first ?. Incidentally it seems that the Belmont referred to is in North Carolina.

Hope this helps, is it for the next CD?

Hoot.