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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.