12 Nov 07 - 11:37 AM (#2191992) Subject: Lyr Req: don't ease me in From: GUEST,gulchero I recently heard this done as a bluegrass song. Does anyone have the lyrics? thanks, gm |
12 Nov 07 - 01:34 PM (#2192065) Subject: Lyr Add: DON'T EASE ME IN (from Grateful Dead) From: PoppaGator Here's what I found by Googling the song title plus the word "lyrics": Two slightly different versions, both recorded by the Grateful Dead. Please keep in mind that Jerry Garcia was a very scholarly folkie and a virtuoso bluegrass banjo player before founding the Dead, so the "authenticity" of his version of this song should be beyond question> One side of the Grateful Dead's first single, released in 1966. Played live right through to 1995, with some variations. Not played by any other Dead-related bands until Ratdog in 2006. This is the 1980 studio version from "Go To Heaven": DON'T EASE ME IN (from Grateful Dead) Chorus Don't ease, don't ease Don't ease me in I've been all night long coming home Don't ease me in I was standing at the corner Talking to Miss Brown Well I turned around, sweet moma She was way cross town So I'm walking down the street With a dollar in my hand I've been looking for a woman, sweet moma Ain't got no man [chorus] The girl I love She's sweet and true You know the dress she wears, sweet moma It's pink and blue She brings me coffee You know she brings me tea She brings 'bout every damn thing But the jailhouse key [chorus] [chorus] [chorus] This is the 1966 single version:: Chorus Don't ease, don't ease Don't ease me in I've been all night long coming home Don't ease me in I was standing on the corner Looking all around Well I turned around, sweet moma I was way cross town [chorus] The girl I love She's sweet and true The dress she wears, sweet moma It's pink and blue [chorus] She brings me coffee She brings me tea She brings me every darn thing But the jailhouse key [chorus] The live 1966 version on "Birth Of The Dead" has some verses slighly different to the studio version: I was standing on the corner Talking to Ma Brown Well I turned around, sweet moma I was way cross town The girl I love She got my head [??] And every time I see her I [leave this town] She brings me coffee She brings me tea She brings me every darn thing But the jailhouse key I was standing on the corner Looking all around The girl I love the best Has left this town This is the acoustic version from Dick's Picks Vol 8 in 1970: Chorus Don't ease, don't ease Don't ease me in I've been all night long coming home Don't ease me in I was standing on the corner With a dollar in my hand I was looking for a woman, sweet moma Didn't have no man [chorus] I was walking down Main Deep [Ellem] too And all the women down there They got the Texas blues [chorus] The girl I love She's sweet and true And the dress she wears, sweet moma It's pink and blue She brings me coffee You know she brings me tea She brings me 'bout every darn thing Except the jailhouse key [chorus] [chorus] |
12 Nov 07 - 07:46 PM (#2192345) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: don't ease me in From: GUEST,gulchero Thanks PoppaGator. That is good work. gm |
13 Nov 07 - 10:51 AM (#2192720) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: don't ease me in From: GUEST,Ned at work Try googling Henry Thomas. |
14 Nov 07 - 09:05 PM (#2194004) Subject: Lyr Add: DON'T EASE ME IN (from Henry Thomas) From: Jim Dixon The bluegrass version you heard was probably by The Steep Canyon Rangers. They sing DON'T EASE ME IN on their album "Lovin' Pretty Women." The following lyrics come from Michael Taft's Blues Anthology. They're supposed to be what Henry Thomas sang, but it looks like Taft had some difficulty transcribing the lyrics, too. DON'T EASE ME IN (from Henry Thomas) CHORUS: Don't ease, don't you ease, don't you ease me in. It's all night, Cunningham. Don't ease me in. 1. Sometimes I walk : and sometimes I talk I love you girl great God : *till my bluebird talk* 2. I beat my girl : with a singletree ??? up *the winter* street mama : have a watch on me 3. I've got a girl : her name is Joan She leaves here walking running fast : chocolate to the bone 4. I was standing on the corner : talking to my brown I turned around sweet mama : I was workhouse bound 5. Girl I've got a girl : and she working hard She got a dress she wear sweet mama : said it's pink and blue 6. She brings me coffee : and she bring me tea She bring me everything : except the jailhouse key 7. They got a little town man : all the other men too They got all the women coming down to the man : *I mean in Texas too* |
14 Nov 07 - 09:12 PM (#2194008) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: don't ease me in From: michaelr "It's all night, Cunningham"? That's hilarious. |
29 Oct 21 - 01:17 PM (#4124560) Subject: ADD: Don't Ease Me In (Henry Thomas) From: GUEST,Ldflan So many absurd versions that us white folks almost a century later hear in Henry Thomas' recording! Here's my take on it: DON'T EASE ME IN (from Henry Thomas) Don’t ease don’t ya ease Ah don’t you ease me in It’s all night Cunningham Don’t ease me in Sometimes I walk An’ sometimes I talk I never get drunk, thank God, ‘cept my (bulldog does?) Don’t ease don’t ya ease Don’t ya ease me in It’s all night long Cunningham Don’t ease me in I beat my girl With a single tree She hides up the willow sweet mama (maybe: hoists up the window) Holler "watch on me" Don’t ease don’t ya ease A don’t you ease me in It’s all night long Cunningham Don’t ya ease me in I gotta girl Her name is Doll She’ll leave ya walkin’ like that Talkin’ to the wall Don’t ease don’t ya ease A don’t ya ease me in It’s all night long Cunningham Don’t ease me in I was standing on the corner Talking to Ma Brown I turned around sweet mama I was way across town Don’t ease don’t ya ease Ah don’t ya ease me in It’s all night long Cunningham Don’t ease me in Yes I gotta girl And she working hard Said the dress she wears sweet lover Said it’s pink and blue She bring me coffee And she bring me tea She bring me everything ‘cept the jailhouse key Don’t ease don’t ya ease Ah don’t ya ease me in It’s all night long Cunningham Don’t ease me in Got these Texas blues I got these Texas blues It’s all night long Cunningham Don’t ease me in Says I looked on Main Old L&N too And all the women comin’ down, man Have these Texas blues. Note: "Except my bulldog does" is the best I can make of it. No other version I have seen makes a lick of sense. This at least is funny. "Hoists up the window" makes much better sense that what I hear, but it sure sounds like "hides up the willow" to me. The line I have rendered "Old L&N too" assumes this refers to the "Old Reliable L&N Railway," as it was called. It sounds like "LMN." I simply do not hear any of the other many suggestions for this line like "Elem" etc. |
29 Oct 21 - 01:25 PM (#4124561) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Don't Ease Me In (Henry Thomas) From: Levana Taylor The very skilled listeners at WeenieCampbell.com have a discussion here |
29 Oct 21 - 03:16 PM (#4124571) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Don't Ease Me In (Henry Thomas) From: Levana Taylor @Ldflan: in Texas Blues: The Rise of a Contemporary Sound, page 8, Alan B. Govenar writes: "Some of Thomas's songs are firmly grounded in his Texas roots. His voice has an East Texas intonation... In 'Don't Ease Me In,' he sings ... 'I looked down Main, Old Ellum too' (referring to the Deep Ellum area of Dallas)." |