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27 Nov 08 - 04:44 PM (#2503125) Subject: Lyric Request old blues song.. From: bluesbaby 2 Howdy Doo all.. I came across a C.D today called "lifting The Veil" by~ Rev. Gary Davis...Fantastic stuff, some real old timers on it!! Gotta love that old barrelhouse tinny' sound :-)Some of the tracks on it however are barely audible...'Come Down To See Me Some Time'~Rev Gary Davis ~~~is there anyone who may know the song, and the Lyrics ( cant make them out properly and have searched D/Trad. No Results.. B~Baby 2 |
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27 Nov 08 - 08:57 PM (#2503236) Subject: RE: Lyric Request old blues song.. From: Leadfingers Come down - Lyrics |
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27 Nov 08 - 08:59 PM (#2503238) Subject: RE: Lyric Request old blues song.. From: Leadfingers Sorry ! NO Lyrics , just a list of titles ! |
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27 Nov 08 - 09:04 PM (#2503241) Subject: ADD: Come Down to See Me Some Time (Rv Gary Davis) From: Leadfingers Try this ! 3. Rev. Gary Davis: Come Down to See Me Some Time COME DOWN TO SEE ME SOME TIME Come down to see me some time, Eat your bread before you come, bring your dinner in your hand, Get out before suppertime. I went down to Nappy's house, Nappy was gone to bed, I hugged and kissed old Nappy's wife and that killed old Nappy dead. Well Brother Rabbit come to my house, thought he come to see me, When I come to find it out, he tried to [per]suade my wife to leave me. Well Brother Rabbit come to my house, I treated Brother Rabbit well, I slipped Brother Rabbit around the house and I give Brother Rabbit hell. I had a little bag and it was gold, all the strings was twine, All the little songs I used to sing, I wished that girl was mine. |
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28 Nov 08 - 03:38 AM (#2503338) Subject: RE: Lyric Request old blues song.. From: Paul Burke Interesting influence of "Taffy was a Welshman"? Is that rhyme known in the USA? |
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28 Nov 08 - 09:42 AM (#2503520) Subject: RE: Lyric Request old blues song.. From: GUEST,Hootenanny I always hear it as "eat your breakfast before come Bring your dinner in your hand" Hoot |
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28 Nov 08 - 12:46 PM (#2503627) Subject: RE: Lyric Request old blues song.. From: bluesbaby 2 Thanks for that 'Leadfingers and all..:o) Intersting lyrics..trying to translate the words and what he was saying in this song...'specially the rabbit bit :o)...was he real hungry after *dancin*..with old Nappys wife ?? that he boiled that poor old bunny????? ~~ does anyone know the chords?? ~~~ Cheers, from a very cold Scotland :o) Time for some whiskey i think...oh and a duvet :-) ~Maria~ |
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01 Mar 18 - 02:54 AM (#3908675) Subject: RE: ADD: Come Down to See Me Some Time (Rv Gary Davis) From: GUEST,catanna To Paul Burke -- i see your idea that this links to "Taffy Was a Welchman" as it does have similar scansion and a similar theme. It also reminds me a bit of Blind WillieMcTell singing the song about Kenesaw Mountain, which also has an Anglo-Gaelic melody. The way Rev. Davis plays it, however, reminds me more of the Coonjine family of songs -- except there are no roustabout lyrics. An oddity. |
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01 Mar 18 - 03:15 AM (#3908678) Subject: RE: ADD: Come Down to See Me Some Time (Rv Gary Davis) From: GUEST,catanna Oh, and there is an entirely different, 7 minute long live version of this, plus a song-teaching intro, online. Only the two rabbit verses are shared between the two versions. The long version includes a selection of floating "Yellow gal [does something] / brown gal do the same ..." verses of the type i think most of us are familiar with. I would love it if someone would transcribe that other version, just to make this thread complete. It is complicated because it seems as if Davis had a terrible sniffly runny nose cold and was performing sick, making him difficult to understand. |