Gluey: "One of the things I enjoy about the blues is the distortion of lyrics, sometimes to the verge of incomprehension. Linguistic sense is only one way of putting across meaning."

One of the things I enjoy about traditional song is the freaking weirdness of some of the lyrics which provoke koan-like incomprehension - that in itself makes me want to go back and find out WTF was that all about? The other thing I like about it, is the fact that no-one would ever write some of these songs again. I mean, who the hell would write about screwing their sister, then slicing her up like sandwich ham before promptly fucking off after she got pregnant?