The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #2219 Message #8281
Posted By: Alan B (a-burgess@s-cheshire.ac.uk)
09-Jul-97 - 04:34 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Hesitation Blues + Spike Driver's Blues
Subject: Lyr Add: HESITATION BLUES (from Ralph McTell)
Can't help you with the original, but from memory of Ralph McTell's version of Hesitation Blues:
HESITATION BLUES As recorded by Ralph McTell on "Streets of London: Best of Ralph McTell" (1996)
Got my hesitation stockings, hesitation shoes. Lord almighty, got them hesitation blues.
CHORUS: And tell me how long must I have to wait? Can I get you now? Oh, no! Must I hesitate?
A nickel is a nickel and a dime is a dime. I got a houseful of kids. One of them must be mine. CHORUS
Standing on the corner with a dollar in my hand, Looking for a woman who's looking for a man. CHORUS
Never been to heaven, but I've been told Old St. Peter knows how to jelly roll. CHORUS _____________________________________________________
Not sure of the order of the verses, & some are repeated. In terms of development of the drama, I can't see that it matters too much.