The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #88030   Message #1648433
Posted By: 12-stringer
14-Jan-06 - 01:45 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: In the Evening, When the Sun Goes Down
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: In The Evening, When The Sun Goes Down
Mmm, sweet memories of dim light, cigarette smoke thick enough to kill the Russian army, espresso nearly as thick, and beautiful silver-voiced proto-hippie chicks with ironed hair and nylon-string Martin guitars, going back to Marble Town.

But the one Leadbelly did is

In the evening, in the evening, baby when the sun goes down.
In the evening, baby, when the sun goes down.
Ain't it lonesome, ain't it lonesome, when the one you love is not around.
After the sun goes down.

The sun rises in the east, mama, and it sets down in the west
The sun rises in the east, mama, and it sets down in the west
Ain't it hard to tell, hard to tell, which one will love you the best
After the sun goes down.

Seems to me there is just one other verse in Leadbelly's version but I can't think for the life of me what it is. Lyrics are only approx, as I learned this 40 years ago and haven't played it in 20 or more, by which time I had "'ranged it my way," as McTell puts it.

The DT has the Leroy Carr text, eked out with a verse or two from Joe Williams (the jazz singer, not Big Joe with the 9-string):

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