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Thread #2649   Message #4164234
Posted By: BrooklynJay
02-Feb-23 - 04:42 PM
Thread Name: Lyr ADD: Whoa Back Buck (Leadbelly)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Whoa Back Buck (Leadbelly)
Third transcription. This was from a recording made with Sonny Terry.

Whoa Back Buck - Lead Belly version #3

Tom done buck and y'know Bill won't pull,
I was gonna cut that other little bull.
Whoa back, Buck, an' gee, by the lamb!
Who made the back-band? Whoa, goddamn!
("Ta-yah yeah, whoa, back up gee, Buck, yeah!")

Chorus:
Whoa, Buck, an' gee, by the lamb!
Who made the back-band? Whoa, goddamn!
Whoa, Buck, an' gee, by the lamb!
Who made the back-band? Whoa, goddamn!
Whoa goddamn and whoa, goddamn,
Who made the back-band? Whoa, goddamn!

I taken my gal to the country store,
I bought my gal some calico.
Bought my gal some calico,
I taken my gal to the party-o!
("Ta-yah yeah, whoa, back up gee, Buck, yeah!")

(Chorus)

Me and my gal come a-walkin' down the road,
Wind from 'er feet's knockin' sugar in the gourd.
Sugar in the gourd and the gourd on the ground,
You wanna get the sugar got to roll the gourd around.
("Ta-yah yeah, whoa, back up gee, Buck, yeah!")

(Chorus)

I taken my gal to a party-o,
All dressed up in her calico.
Taken my gal to a party-o,
I wouldn't let her dance but a set or so.
("Ta-yah yeah, whoa, back up gee, Buck, yeah!")

(Chorus)

Tom done buck and y'know Bill won't pull,
I was gonna cut that other little bull.
Whoa back, Buck, an' gee, by the lamb!
Who made the back-band? Whoa, goddamn!
("Ta-yah yeah, whoa, back up gee, Buck, yeah!")

(Chorus)