Lyr Req: Hey Bartender Theres a Big Bug in My Beer

Subject: big bug in my beer
From: GUEST,paulw
Date: 18 Mar 04 - 01:38 PM

anyone know this song?

cheers paul

Subject: RE: big bug in my beer
From: open mike
Date: 18 Mar 04 - 02:27 PM

If you just put bug in my beer in the lyrics and knowledge search you getall this information:

If you search for this in the mudcat search box you will find
reference to this thread:
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=42366#615206
Which mentions this web page:
http://www.patuxentrecords.com/nu-cd038.htm
the artists and title are:
# Jay Summerour and Warner Williams
# "Hey Bartender, There's a Big Bug in my Beer"
There is a sound file (real audio) here:
http://www.pxrec.com/Patuxent_Blues-williams-home.htm

In thr future, when you have a question always search first and you
can often find the answer. Welcome to mudcat...there are many answers
here! (and questions too)

Subject: well excuse me!!
From: paul1149
Date: 18 Mar 04 - 03:01 PM

i actually did a search "big bug in my beer" on mudcat, both basic and advanced and turned up nothing. i guess i just don't know how things work around here.

have a nice day, by the way there is no such word as thr

Subject: RE: big bug in my beer
From: Sandy Mc Lean
Date: 18 Mar 04 - 04:24 PM

Paul,
Yesterday I posted words to a song that was already in DT. I had done a search using the title that I knew and found nothing so I posted it. I later posted some key words and found it under a different title.
It would seem that the same happened here. Such is the strange workings of computers.
                      Sandy

Subject: thanks sandy
From: paul1149
Date: 18 Mar 04 - 04:38 PM

and i guess i was trying to use too much info by using the full name of the song, which is big bug in my beer, not bug in my beer. i just thought the response was a little o.t.t.

i am aware that warner williams and jay summerour recorded this song, but they do not claim to have written it, i was hoping to find out more about where it came from

cheers paul

Subject: RE: big bug in my beer
From:
Date: 19 Mar 04 - 03:41 PM

Openmike, I just tried, and the Bug in my beer only comes up with this thread. Strange!

Subject: RE: big bug in my beer
From:
Date: 19 Mar 04 - 03:50 PM

BTW, that thread doesn't deal with really anything about the song, except for that one line.

A search of the 'net and you get a few things, including a request back last November, searching for the lyrics to a song from the '20s or '30s, titled There's a Big Black Bug in My Beer.

Wonder if it is the same.

Subject: RE: big bug in my beer
From: open mike
Date: 19 Mar 04 - 03:54 PM

you didn't get this one?
A thread about... MUSIC! - Dec 23 2001 2:38AM -   Wincing Devil
i didn't mean to be--what is it -- pedantic?
just wanted to give some idea how to make use of the
resource here...][
often newcomers find mudcat by searching for lyrics
and many times when there is a guest post it can be
assumed that the person is not familiar with all the
wonderous facets of the site here..and so i jsut was
saying, as has often been said before to guests, try
the search engine before posting a question and you
may find answers! sorry if i seemed over the top.
over the top of what?
we often coin words here such as "getall" which is a
typo in my first post...some times mudcatters acquire
a language all our own! I believe i did also include a
"welcome" to you!

Subject: RE: big bug in my beer
From: Allan C.
Date: 19 Mar 04 - 04:02 PM

I did a bit of poking around and will share the following quote from a web page about The 14th Annual DC Blues Festival.

Whether playing his own Hey Bartender There's a Big Bug in My Beer, reworking a Tommy Johnson blues like Big Road Blues into what it would have sounded if it had been written by Blind Boy Fuller or doing a Piedmont blues classic like Red River Blues, Warner Williams astonishes with his guitar mastery and touches with the soul and warmth of his vocals.

This would appear to answer the question as to authorship of the song.

Subject: thanks for the info allan
From: paul1149
Date: 19 Mar 04 - 04:43 PM

i actually got a copy of the warner williams/jay summerour cd today, so i will just cop. their version, they do only claim arrangement on the credits however,

paul

Subject: RE: big bug in my beer
From: Allan C.
Date: 19 Mar 04 - 05:48 PM

Would you please post your transcription here, Paul?

Subject: RE: big bug in my beer
From: paul1149
Date: 19 Mar 04 - 06:43 PM

most certainly, i wont get around to it till sunday though

cheers paul

Subject: Lyr Add: BIG BUG IN MY BEER
From: paul1149
Date: 20 Mar 04 - 11:59 AM

BIG BUG IN MY BEER

Well, hey, bartender, there's a big bug in my beer.
Hey, bartender, there's a big bug in my beer.
One eye red, the other one blue,
The big ol' bug's drinkin' on my brew.
Hey, bartender, there's a big bug in my beer.

Well, hey, bartender, he's drinking up all the foam.
Hey, bartender, he's drinking up all the foam.
You better tell that ol' bug he better leave my beer alone.

Hey, bartender, there's a big bug in my beer. Take him out. Take him out.
Hey, bartender, there's a big bug in my beer.
One eye red, the other one green,
The biggest bug I've ever seen.
Hey, bartender, there's a big bug in my beer.

Well, hey, bartender, there's a big bug in my beer.
Hey, bartender, there's a big bug in my beer.
One eye red, the other one blue,
The big ol' bug's drinkin' on my brew.
Hey, bartender, there's a big bug in my beer.

Well, hey, bartender, there's one thing I want you to know.
Hey, bartender, there's one thing I want you to know.
Every time I go to take a sip,
The big ol' bug tries to bite my lip.
Hey, bartender, there's a big bug in my beer.

Subject: RE: big bug in my beer
From: Allan C.
Date: 20 Mar 04 - 12:03 PM

Thanks!