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Thread #21086 Message #4217526
Posted By: Pappy Fiddle
18-Feb-25 - 09:12 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Hesitation Blues
Subject: RE: Origins: Hesitation Blues
The words about the Duck & the whiskey are in Sprout Wings and Fly / Drunkard's Hiccups Somebody recorded Tommy Jarrell performing it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDJPnG3RDxU
Some of the many lyrics:
If the ocean was whiskey, and I was a duck I'd dive to the bottom, oh Lord, and never come up.
Now the ocean ain't whiskey, and I ain't no duck Just play these drunk hiccups, and trust to my luck.
Corn whiskey and purty women they've been my downfall They beat me and a-bang me but I love them for all.
My shoes is all tore up, my toes a-stickin out If I don't get some corn whiskey, I'm goin' up the spout.
Gonna eat when I'm hungry, gonna drink when I'm dry, If I get to feeling much better, I'm a-gonna sprout wings and fly.
Jack of diamonds, jack of diamonds, I've known you from old You've robbed my poor pockets of silver and gold.
I've played cards in England, I've gambled in Spain Goin back to Carolina, gonna play my last game
Gonna take down my fiddle, gonna rosin up the bow Gonna make myself welcome, wherever I go
Gonna drink, gonna gamble, all my money is my own Them that don't like me, can leave me alone
Gonna beat on the counter, gonna make the glass ring More brandy, more brandy, more brandy to bring.