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Thread #109385   Message #2286204
Posted By: GUEST
12-Mar-08 - 08:33 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Loose as a Goose
Subject: ADD: Travelin' Down the Road
Since the DT hasn't got "Travelin' Down the Road," here it is, with its "loose as a goose" phrases introducing each chorus:

TRAVELIN' DOWN THE ROAD
As sung by Uncle Dave Macon, Bluebird BB-B7234, recorded August 1937.

Cho: Travelin' down the road, travelin' down the road,
         Happiest time that ever I had, travelin' down the road.

Dig my Irish potatas, roast 'em in the sand,
Bake my raccoon, possum, call up Julie Ann.

SPOKEN:
Got done layin' by corn last week, come ridin' down the lane on my old mule's back,
I met my true love, she says, Hon, you do look ...

Just as loose ... as loose as a goose ...

CHO

Hardest work that ever I done, diggin' round that pine,
Easiest work ever I done, handin' them ladies a line.

SPOKEN:
I went on down by homeward, she invited me in to dinner. That old lady had
slapjacks and molasses for dinner, I set down to eat and I said to her,
Mother, old lady, yo' slapjacks an' molasses is ...

Just as loose ... as loose as a goose ...

CHO

Wish I was in heaven, setting in a chair,
With a glass of wine in each hand, talkin' to my dear.

SPOKEN:
I was down to home, I was walkin' out in the yard, had a little dog been suckin' eggs
and killin' young chickens. Been a-hangin' about three days. But he did hang ...

Just as loose ... as loose as a goose ...

CHO

My wife died Friday night, Sat'dy she was buried,
Sunday was my courtin' night, Monday I got married.

SPOKEN:
Tuesday night I come in a little drunk, she commenced argyin' with me,
but I soon saw that her tongue was ... just so loose ...
that they wasn't any use ...

CHO