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Thread #16846   Message #820446
Posted By: GUEST,Richie
06-Nov-02 - 10:04 PM
Thread Name: Origin: Joe Turner
Subject: RE: Where'd JOE TURNER come from?
Joe-

Ths verse you quote from Handy is almost identical to the verse 2 in the version I posted:

I'm gonna leave you baby, and the time ain't long,
No the time ain't long,
If you don't think I'm leaving,
Count the days I'm gone.

-Richie