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Thread #110257 Message #2312147
Posted By: GUEST,Chicken Charlie
10-Apr-08 - 12:36 PM
Thread Name: Blind Lemon Jefferson Puzzle
Subject: RE: Blind Lemon Jefferson Puzzle
Could be, Roberto, but proving the negative is always tricky. :)
BTW, one way I heard this song, it started with a numerical build-up through the first three verses:
There's one kind favor I'd ask of you ....
There's two white horses in a line ....
There's three black coaches by the road [x3]
Empty, empty now of their heavy load.
[I.e., the coffin and the mourners have dismounted at the grave site.]
The way I was taught it first was
Got six white horses followin' me... [x3]
Gonna lead, gonna lead me to my buryin' ground.
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