21 Apr 99 - 11:41 AM (#72441) Subject: Lyr Add: WE'RE UP AGAINST IT NOW From: Jon W. I'm submitting this song because every time I read the paper or watch the news, the first verse and chorus of this go through my mind.
WE'RE UP AGAINST IT NOW Mike Seeger indicates in the liner notes that he believes this song was written by Uncle Dave Macon. He (Seeger) got it from a 1920's recording by Macon. |
24 Jun 04 - 05:01 PM (#1213743) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: We're up against it now From: Uncle_DaveO I don't see signs that this has been harvested, despite its age. Also, as I hear Mike Seeger's singing, it's (alt chorus:) We're up against it now, There's no use to raise a row, But the safest rig I've ever seen Is a mule and a Fullerton plow. Dave Oesterreich |
24 Jun 04 - 09:37 PM (#1213880) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: We're up against it now From: GUEST,Arkie Is this the same song as the Wreck of the Tennessee Gravy Train? |
24 Jun 04 - 10:09 PM (#1213892) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: We're up against it now From: michaelr If it's not the same, it surely is derived from it. Cheers, Michael |
25 Jun 04 - 10:22 PM (#1214532) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: We're up against it now From: GUEST,Art Thieme Wreck Of The Tennessee Gravy Train will be on my new CD from concert tapes --- all songs and jokelore that was never ever on any of my issued recordings. Art Thieme |
26 Jun 04 - 10:16 PM (#1214838) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: We're up against it now From: Charley Noble There is a whole family of these songs, including one we wrote in Michigan back in the recession of 1979 called "The Wreck of the Michigan Gravy Train." I could did it up, I'm sure, if anyone wants to add it to their collection. Cheerily, Charley Noble |