Delta Blues - let's write some (COVID variant)

Subject: Delta Blues - let's write some
From: GUEST,Holly
Date: 22 Jul 21 - 08:09 PM

Hi y'all -

I can't be the only person intrigued with the idea of writing a Delta Blues.
Wanna give it a try? Post 'em here.

Holly

Subject: RE: Delta Blues - let's write some
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 22 Jul 21 - 10:37 PM

Is this a song challenge? Do you have a particular topic in mind?

Subject: RE: Delta Blues - let's write some
From: Ernest
Date: 23 Jul 21 - 02:47 AM

I presume Holly is suggesting a Covid Delta variation Blues....

Subject: RE: Delta Blues - let's write some
From: Mr Red
Date: 23 Jul 21 - 04:05 AM

Well, my liver it woke up this mornin'
Keeps tellin' me a (cough) warninin'
Yea my lungs am fillin' just like its killin',
and breathin' so shot I is all messed an' torn in

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Oh boy, COVID is comin' to get ya
you bet ya, you bet ya, you bet ya,
just one (cough) and Delta has dealt ya some bluessssssss....

Well folk is a dyin' yup, all around
Ta hell an' worse (cough) I be bound
There is no a-hopin', 'Ospitals ain't copin',
Skid Row the place, hell of a space to be found.

OK over to the blues guitarists to fettle & finish........... on YouTube of course.



There was one for the 1918-20** H1N1 'flu pandemic. see Jesus is Coming Soon. Mudcat thread post Blind Willie Johnson. The original is linked but listen here

**aka Spanish 'flu because neutral Spain were the only ones reporting it in the newspapers (WW1 allied press censorship)

Subject: RE: Delta Blues - let's write some
From: Mr Red
Date: 23 Jul 21 - 04:28 AM

See the nurse, there ain't none sweeter
with med'cin', am I pleased pause 2 metre
her distance is social, well sort of not'nal**
now toobs down my throat, how can I cough greet her.

I'll quit while I am behind, so come on songsters - more verses and a bit of judicious editing - there may be somethin' there. Oh Yeaaaa.....

**to rhyme

Subject: RE: Delta Blues - let's write some
From: GUEST,Mark
Date: 23 Jul 21 - 04:57 AM

I didn't wake up this morning...

Subject: RE: Delta Blues - let's write some
From: Mr Red
Date: 23 Jul 21 - 09:47 AM

Dead right?
Dead right!

Subject: RE: Delta Blues - let's write some
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 23 Jul 21 - 09:54 AM

Yes - Ernest is probably correct. The title needs a tweak, though, because in any other year prior to 2020 this could be referring to Memphis on south, the Mississippi Delta is much larger than just New Orleans.

Subject: RE: Delta Blues - let's write some (COVID variant)
From: GUEST,#
Date: 23 Jul 21 - 10:45 AM

How to write a blues song--for beginners.

I woke up this mornin'
At ten o'clock last night
I had this crazy feelin'
That ever' thang wasn't right
I turned on my radio
I turned on my tee-vee
(unintelligible mumbling)
The blues got a hold on me
Oooooo oooooo

Best I can do before coffee.

Subject: RE: Delta Blues - let's write some (COVID variant)
From: Mr Red
Date: 07 Aug 21 - 04:26 PM

Lockdown Blues - that young kid is sufferin' fo' his art. Oh Yea.