The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #42248   Message #612825
Posted By: Jim Dixon
18-Dec-01 - 10:49 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Tampa Red, Bluebird Recordings 1934-
Subject: Lyr Add: LET'S GET DRUNK & TRUCK^^

LET'S GET DRUNK & TRUCK

(Hudson Whittaker (Tampa Red))

Plenty liquor 'round a gang of beer,
A cozy corner and a word of cheer,
No one to bother, so gee, my dear,
Let's get drunk and truck.

I know your other man is out of town.
My other woman she's not around.
Now is the time to break them down.
Let's get drunk and truck.

If we should accidentally get too high to go home,
I've got an extra dollar to rent a parking room.

Plenty kisses and other fun,
And a gallon to wake up on,
So there is nothing to be waiting on.
Let's get drunk and truck.

(Repeat)

[As recorded by Tampa Red, 1936. This sounds like the ancestor, in concept anyway, of Jimmy Buffet's "Why Don't We Get Drunk (And Screw)," allegedly written by Marvin Gardens, 1973. JTD]



Jim Dixon don't make too many mistakes in his research, and whenever he's in doubt he says so on the thread. So, I'd go with the above.