Subject: Lyr Add: CORINNE CORINNA (from Cab Calloway)
From:
Amos
Date: 30 Jan 00 - 05:45 PM
There are clumps of similarities but I do not believe the two are the same. Like a lot of Delta blues verses migrated from one song to another and were frequently adjusted -- try looking up the line "river was whiskey" in the DT and see how many different blues use it, as an experiment.
Back in 1731 some songster wrote an ode to
Corinna, Pride of Drury-Lane, For whom no Shepherd sighs in vain;
and various talents have been poursuing the perfect Corrina ever since. Dylan's version has become kind of a standard even though it is much slower and more citified than Blind Lemon's.
Here is Cab Calloways 1931 rendition, much livelier.
CORINNE CORINNA
(from Cab Calloway)
Corinne, Corinna, where you been so long?
Corinne, Corinna, where you been so long?
Ain't been no loving since you been gone.
Oh, Corinna, where'd you stay last night?
Listen here, Corinna, tell me where'd you stay last night?
Came in this morning, the sun was shining bright.
I met Corinna way across the sea,
I met Corinna way across the sea,
She wouldn't write no letter, She didn't care for me.
Corinne, Corinna, what's the matter now?
Corinne, Corinna, tell me what's the matter now?
You wouldn't write no letter, You didn't love me nohow.
Good-bye, Corinna, it's farewell to you.
Good-bye, Corinna, it's farewell to you.
When I'll come back, no one can tell.
A.
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