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Thread #2649   Message #4164238
Posted By: BrooklynJay
02-Feb-23 - 05:02 PM
Thread Name: Lyr ADD: Whoa Back Buck (Leadbelly)
Subject: RE: Lyr ADD: Whoa Back Buck (Leadbelly)
Fifth transcription.

Whoa Back Buck - Lead Belly version #5

Whoa, back Buck, an' gee, by the lamb!
Who made the back-band? Cunningham!
Whoa, back 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!

Chicken in the bread pan, a mighty good stuff,
Mama cookin' chicken, yeah, you never get enough!
Jawbone eat an' jawbone talk,
Jawbone eat it with a knife and fork.

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

[??? Unintelligible line]
Don' wanna meet 'er in a mile or more,
You take Sal[?] and I'll take John,
Took a look a-yonder what John done done.

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