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Thread #18014 Message #2484607
Posted By: Rog Peek
04-Nov-08 - 12:32 PM
Thread Name: Origin: I Wish I Was a Mole in the Ground
Subject: Lyr Add: ROLL ON BUDDY
The nine dollar shawl, the rough and rowdy men, and the state pen seem to be a recurrent theme. Note verses 3,4 and 6 in this song recorded by Rambling Jack Elliot
ROLL ON BUDDY
Roll on buddy, roll on Roll on buddy, roll on You wouldn't roll so slow If you knew what I know Well that's roll on buddy roll on
I've got a home in Tennessee I've got a home in Tennessee I've got a home Down in Sunny Tennessee And it's roll on buddy, roll on
Tempie wants a nine dollar shawl Tempie wants a nine dollar shawl I come over the hill with a forty dollar bill And it's baby where you been so long
Baby where you been so long Baby where you been so long Well I've been in the pen with the rough and rowdy men And it's baby where you been so long
Well I never liked no railroad man I never liked no railroad man 'Cause a railroad man will kill you if he can Drink down your blood like wine.
Baby where'd yuh stay last night Now baby where'd yuh stay last night Well I slept in the pen with the rough and rowdy men And that's baby where'd yuh stay last night
Roll on Buddy, roll on Roll on Buddy, roll on You wouldn't roll so slow if you knew what I know Roll on Buddy, roll on.
Mackinaw gets a mention in 'The Frozen Logger' recorded by Cisco Houston.