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Thread #24002   Message #270226
Posted By: Mrrzy
02-Aug-00 - 09:24 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Rag Mama (Fuller; Kweskin; Rush)
Subject: Kweskin's Rag Mama
This one came out of the Jug Band Music thread - now that I've gotten the album, I'm finding all kinds of holes in the songs. This one has a chorus that goes something like this:

OOPS - SORRY - IT ISN'T RAG MAMA I WANT (SAME ALBUM) - Joe can you fix the thread title?

OK, the one I really want is Morning Blues:

I got the morning blues / Oh so bad / (rama cama catcha??) 'Bout the wust I ever had....

What's the rama cama catcha line really?

Aw, what the hey, give me the lyrics to Rag Mama too.

Going downtown with my hat in my hand,
Looking for a woman ain't got no man,
Might as well be looking for a needle in the sand,
Looking for a woman ain't got no man now,
Dee dee dum a deedly dum,
Rag mama, come on baby, let's do that rag.

What's the rest? Something about a pistol in my pocket like a jack in my pants, ran outside with half a brick saying I'm gonna get that so-and-so. Dee dee dum a deedly dum, rag mama, come on baby, let's do that rag

HTML line breaks added, and close italics command added. --JoeClone, 4-Feb-02.