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Thread #49649   Message #3745761
Posted By: GUEST,yet another listener
21-Oct-15 - 03:38 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: That'll Never Happen No More (Blind Blake
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: That'll Never Happen No More (Blind Blake
I generally agree with Harvey Duffelbag's transcription of Blind Blake's version. I'd only offer these alternatives:

• I hear "I met a woman with a big mink fur";

• Even though it sounds like "She pulled a gun and take my doy", it must be an unusual (dialectal?) pronunciation of "take my dough" to allow the rhyme with non-rhotic "sore".

I agree with "I'm eating salt" — in my opinion, "salt" refers to "salt pork", which would have been an inferior substitute for someone who was accustomed to eating pork chops.