Lyr Req: Walk on guilded splinters (Dr. John)

Subject: Lyr Req: Walk on guilded splinters (Dr. John)
From:
Date: 23 Aug 02 - 05:41 PM

Does any one have the lyrics to "Walk on guilded splinters" by Dr.John please.

Subject: Lyr Add: I WALK ON GILDED SPLINTERS (Dr. John)
From: Sorcha
Date: 23 Aug 02 - 06:02 PM

I WALK ON GILDED SPLINTERS
(Mac Rebennack, a.k.a. Dr. John Creaux)

Some people think they jive me
But I know they must be crazy
Don't see dey misfortune
Guess they just too lazy

J'suis the Grand Zombie
My yellow belt of choison
Ain't afraid of no tom cat
Fill my brains with poison

Walk thru the fire
Fly thru the smoke
See my enemy
At the end of dey(?) rope

Walk on pins and needles
See what they can do
Walk on gilded splinters
With the king of the Zulu

Kon kon, the kiddy kon kon
Walk on gilded splinters
Kon kon, the kiddy kon kon
Walk on gilded splinters

'Ti Alberta ('ti Alberta)
'Ti Alberta ('ti Alberta)
'Ti Alberta ('ti Alberta)
'Ti Alberta ('ti Alberta)

Roll outta my coffin
Drink poison in my chalice
Pride begins to fade
And y'all feel my malice

Put gris gris on your doorstep
Soon you'll be in the gutter
I can melt your heart like butter
A-a-and I can make you stutter

Kon kon, the kiddy kon kon
Walk on gilded splinters
Kon kon, the kiddy kon kon
Walk on gilded splinters

'Ti Alberta ('ti Alberta)
'Ti Alberta ('ti Alberta)
'Ti Alberta ('ti Alberta)
'Ti Alberta ('ti Alberta)

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Walk on guilded splinters (Dr. John)
From: Little Hawk
Date: 23 Aug 02 - 08:59 PM

Yeah, that sure was a weird song...very catchy tune and chorus.

- LH

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Walk on guilded splinters (Dr. John)
From: Cappuccino
Date: 24 Aug 02 - 04:00 AM

I saw a great version of it in the 70s in a concert by Humble Pie - Steve from the Small Faces and Peter Frampton. Super band.

- Ian B

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Walk on guilded splinters (Dr. John)
From: GUEST,Wyrd Sister
Date: 24 Aug 02 - 04:39 PM

This haunted me from the time it was released until I finally bought the CD with it on a couple of Whitbys ago...

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Walk on guilded splinters (Dr. John)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 26 Aug 02 - 10:55 AM

My American Heritage Dictionary contains "guild" (noun) "An association of persons of the same trade or pursuits..." and "gild" (verb) "To cover with ... a thin layer of gold..."; also "gilded" and "gilt" but not "guilded".

AMG lists 9 recordings of I Walk on Guilded Splinters and 3 recordings of I Walk on Gilded Splinters. It's hard to know what Dr. John had in mind, but "gilded" makes more sense to me. In fact, if the original request hadn't said "guilded" it probably wouldn't have occurred to me to look for the song with that spelling. So, if this song goes into the DT, how should it be listed?