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Thread #101531   Message #2051932
Posted By: Jim Dixon
14-May-07 - 10:17 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Rough Alley Blues (Blind Willie McTell)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Rough Alley Blues
I listened to several sound samples, and here's what I think I hear:

ROUGH ALLEY BLUES
Mary Willis
As sung by Blind Willie McTell & Ruth Mary Willis
(In these verses, she sings the first 2 lines of each verse and he sings the third.)

Close down your windows and let down all your blinds.
Close down your windows and let down all your blinds.
So the next-door neighbor, baby, won't hear your best friend cryin'.

Take it low down and easy; don't let your bedspring moan.
Take it low down and easy; don't let your bedspring moan.
So your next-door neighbor, baby, won't hear you grieve and groan.

***
I take it to my room and lay it 'cross my big brass bed.
I take it to my room and lay it 'cross my big brass bed.
I guess I'll be my own singer(?), ...