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Thread #3609   Message #18452
Posted By: Earl
30-Dec-97 - 10:00 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: I'm the Man That Rode the Mule 'Round...
Subject: RE: man who rode the mule around the world
Dale,
The New Lost City Ramblers did a song called "Hungry Hash House" with a verse about Sara Jane somewhat similar to the one in your song. Maybe this will help you fill in the blanks.


She promised that she'd meet me when the clock struck seventeen
At the stockyard just ten miles outside of town
Where there's pig's feet and pig's ears and those great big Texas steers
Sell that sirloin steak for ninety cents a pound

She's my darlin she's my daisy; She's humpbacked and she's crazy
She's knock kneed, bowlegged and she's lame
I know her breath is sweet, But I'd rather smell her feet
She's my freckle faced, consumptive Sara Jane


By the way, since you seem to have quite a bit of experience with Charlie Poole songs, do you have the words to either "Ramblin Blues" or "If I Lose, I Don't Care" kicking around?