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27 Jan 10 - 03:50 AM (#2822318) Subject: Lyr Req: TIGHT LIKE THAT Huddie Leadbelly From: 12003biloute Hi Who can fill the missing lines shown by (???????) in this Huddie song released in 1948 Thank you Claude IT'S TIGHT LIKE THAT recorded New York City October 15, 1948 Guitar intro Oh it's tight like that ooooh, tight like that ooooh In some deed oh it's tight like that Guitar break Oh it's tight like that ooooh, tight like that ooooh In some deed oh it's tight like that You take Sal and I'll take Jane Both good lookin', but they ain't the same Oh tight like that ooooh, tight like that ooooh In some deed oh it's tight like that If you want to see a preacher laugh Change a dollar and give him half It's tight like that ooooh, tight like that ooooh In some deed oh it's tight like that Some folks said that a preacher won't steal I caught two in my corn-field It's tight like that ooooh, tight like that ooooh In some deed oh it's tight like that ???????????? Gone to cornfield just like rats It's tight like that ooooh, tight like that ooooh In some deed oh tight like that Some folks said that a chicken won't steal I caught two on my chicken-roost field It's tight like that ooooh, tight like that ooooh In some deed oh it's tight like that ???????? ???????? It's tight like that ooooh, tight like that ooooh In some deed oh it's tight like that Preacher and rooster had a terrible fight, Preacher knocked the Rooster clean out of sight It's tight like that ooooh, tight like that ooooh In some deed oh it's tight like that Chicken told the rooster, "That will be all right. Meet you at the hen house 'morrow night It's tight like that ooooh, be tight like that ooooh In some deed oh it's tight like that Yeah! Guitar break Oh it's tight like that ooooh, tight like that ooooh In some deed oh it's tight like that ????????????? ?????????????? It's tight like that ooooh, tight like that ooooh In some deed oh it's tight like that ?????????????? ?????????????? It's tight like that ooooh, tight like that ooooh In some deed oh it's tight like that Guitar break Oh it's tight like that ooooh, tight like that ooooh In some deed oh it's tight like that |
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27 Jan 10 - 04:01 AM (#2822323) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: TIGHT LIKE THAT Huddie Leadbelly From: Melissa Here are my guesses: One had a ??? one had a sack ???? and didn't have to stoop trying to catch ?? to make ??? soup ?? frog jumped in the bottom of the well oh my god he's ??(jumped into?) hell funniest thing I ever seen tomcat sitting on a sewing machine |
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27 Jan 10 - 07:06 AM (#2822408) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: TIGHT LIKE THAT Huddie Leadbelly From: GUEST Hi Melissa What do you think about One had a ??? one had a sack ???? and didn't have to stoop trying to catch a rooster to make a rooster soup Hope it'll help claude |
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27 Jan 10 - 07:13 AM (#2822411) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: TIGHT LIKE THAT Huddie Leadbelly From: Bob the Postman "in some deed" should surely be "yes indeed"? |
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27 Jan 10 - 05:25 PM (#2822957) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: TIGHT LIKE THAT Huddie Leadbelly From: Melissa I couldn't think of any words that sounded like they made sense to me in the places I left ??? If I was singing it, I'd just fill in the blanks..probably 'basket' to go with the sack and 'stepped in the chickenhouse' for the rooster |
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28 Jan 10 - 03:34 AM (#2823240) Subject: RE: Lyr Req:'Tight Like That' (Huddie Leadbelly) From: GUEST Hi Please find close to certain lines of this song where you can catch them. One thing is sure Huddie is very hard to understand Another thing I'm not sure that "In some deed or Yes indeed" matches with the song Maybe one of you can answer the question Good reading folks Licette IT'S TIGHT LIKE THAT recorded New York City October 15, 1948 Guitar intro Oh it's tight like that ooooh, tight like that ooooh In some deed oh it's tight like that Guitar break Oh it's tight like that ooooh, tight like that ooooh In some deed oh it's tight like that You take Sal and I'll take Jane [These 2 lines look like in OX DRIVER'S SONG (Ledbetter) from Smithsonian Folkways 40105] Both good lookin', but they ain't the sam Oh tight like that ooooh, tight like that ooooh In some deed oh it's tight like that If you want to see a preacher laugh [These 2 lines look like in WHEN DE GOOD LORD SETS YOU FREE American ballads & Folks songs] Change a dollar and give him half It's tight like that ooooh, tight like that ooooh In some deed oh it's tight like that Some folks said that a preacher won't steal [These 2 lines look like in PORK CHOP BLUES by Jim JACKSON 1927] I caught two in my corn-field It's tight like that ooooh, tight like that ooooh In some deed oh it's tight like that ???????????? Gone to cornfield just like rats It's tight like that ooooh, tight like that ooooh In some deed oh tight like that Some folks said that a chicken won't steal I caught two on my chicken-roost field It's tight like that ooooh, tight like that ooooh In some deed oh it's tight like that ???????? ???????? It's tight like that ooooh, tight like that ooooh In some deed oh it's tight like that Preacher and rooster had a terrible fight [These 2 lines look like in WHEN DE GOOD LORD SETS YOU FREE American ballads & Folks songs] Preacher knocked the Rooster clean out of sight It's tight like that ooooh, tight like that ooooh In some deed oh it's tight like that Chicken told the rooster, "That will be all right. Meet you at the hen house 'morrow night It's tight like that ooooh, be tight like that ooooh In some deed oh it's tight like that Yeah! Guitar break Oh it's tight like that ooooh, tight like that ooooh In some deed oh it's tight like that ????????????? ?????????????? It's tight like that ooooh, tight like that ooooh In some deed oh it's tight like that funniest thing I ever seen [These 2 lines look like in NEW DIRTY DOZEN By Memphis MINNIE ] tomcat sitting on a sewing machine It's tight like that ooooh, tight like that ooooh In some deed oh it's tight like that Guitar break Oh it's tight like that ooooh, tight like that ooooh In some deed oh it's tight like that |
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18 Nov 12 - 11:18 PM (#3438465) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Tight Like That (Leadbelly) From: GUEST After the guitar break it is "poor frog jumped in the bottom of a well, poor frooh by god he jumped into hell". |
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16 May 13 - 11:54 PM (#3516032) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Tight Like That (Leadbelly) From: GUEST One had a badge and the other had a sack (missing line) Goin outta cornfields just like rats (correction made) It's tight like that ooooh, tight like that ooooh In some deed oh tight like that Some folks said that a preacher won't steal(correction made) I caught two in my chicken-roost (correction made) It's tight like that ooooh, tight like that ooooh In some deed oh it's tight like that Who's to the (word starts with an "H")and he didn't have to stoop(missing line) Tryin to catch a rooster - to make rooster soup(missing line) It's tight like that ooooh, tight like that ooooh In some deed oh it's tight like that Preacher and rooster had a terrible fight, Preacher knocked the Rooster clean out of sight It's tight like that ooooh, tight like that ooooh In some deed oh it's tight like that Preacher told the rooster, "That will be all right.(correction made) Meet you at the hen house 'morrow night It's tight like that ooooh, it be tight like that ooooh(correction) In some deed oh it's tight like that Yeah! Guitar break Oh it's tight like that ooooh, tight like that ooooh In some deed oh it's tight like that (during this verse - he breaks it down clearer the words you have typed in as "In some deed" & it's also not "Yes, indeed") (it almost sounds like he says the word "troubling" but he puts a long "e" sound on the "ling" part pronoucning it "troubleen" but there are other words prior)...having troubleen Bullfrog jumped in the bottom of the well (missing line) Oh by God he's jumped into hell (missing line) It's tight like that ooooh, tight like that ooooh In some deed oh it's tight like that Funniest thing that I ever seen (missing line) Tomcat sittin on a sewin machine (missing line) It's tight like that ooooh, tight like that ooooh In some deed oh it's tight like that |
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16 Jun 13 - 12:09 PM (#3527066) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Tight Like That (Leadbelly) From: GUEST Steve Lohmeyer, I don't think my recordings are any clearer, and I know my ears aren't any more sensitive, but I clearly hear, "Diddle dum dee, It's tight like that." |
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13 Nov 18 - 11:09 AM (#3961522) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Tight Like That (Leadbelly) From: GUEST,ks Tried another shot at it and I heard the following. Let me know if you folks agree. There's still one line about the preacher and rooster that's unclear. I proposed "{Who through the 'hind}, and didn't have a stew?", but I'm not sure. All else, I think works... === Tight Like That - lyrics (Huddie Ledbetter) Guitar intro [3 measures] Oh, it's tight like that. Ooooh! Tight like that. Ooooh! Hear me talkin' to you. Oh, it's tight like that Guitar break [2 measures] Oh, it's tight like that. Ooooh! Tight like that. Ooooh! Hear me talkin' to you. Oh, it's tight like that You take Sal and I'll take Jane They both good lookin', but they ain't the same It's tight like that. Ooooh! Tight like that. Ooooh! Hear me talkin' to you. Oh, it's tight like that If you want to see a preacher laugh Change a dollar and a-give him a half He's tight like that. Ooooh! Tight like that. Ooooh! Hear me talkin' to you. Oh, it's tight like that Some folks said that a preacher won't steal I caught two in my cornfield It's tight like that. Ooooh! Tight like that. Ooooh! Hear me talkin' to you. Oh, it's tight like that One had a match and one had a sack Gone out to cornfield just like rats It's tight like that. Ooooh! Tight like that. Ooooh! Hear me talkin' to you. Oh, it's tight like that Some folks said that a preacher won't steal I caught two in my chicken-roost It's tight like that. Ooooh! Tight like that. Ooooh! Hear me talkin' to you. Oh, it's tight like that Who through the 'hind, and didn't have a stew? Tryin' to catch a rooster, make rooster soup It's tight like that. Ooooh! Tight like that. Ooooh! Hear me talkin' to you. Oh, it's tight like that Preacher and rooster had a terrible fight Preacher knocked the rooster clean out of sight He's tight like that. Ooooh! Tight like that. Ooooh! Hear me talkin' to you. Oh, it's tight like that Preacher told the rooster, "That it'd be all right. Meet you at the hen house t'morrow night It's tight like that. Ooooh! It'd be tight like that. Ooooh! Hear me talkin' to you. Oh, it's tight like that Yeah! Guitar break [2 measures] Oh, it's tight like that. Ooooh! Tight like that. Ooooh! Hear me talkin' to you. Oh, it's tight like that Cold frog jumped in the bottom of da' well Oh, by God, he jumped into hell He's tight like that. Ooooh! Tight like that. Ooooh! Hear me talkin' to you. Oh, it's tight like that Funniest thing that I ever seen Tomcat sitting on a sewing machine He's tight like that. Ooooh! He's tight like that. Ooooh! Hear me talkin' to you. Oh, it's tight like that Guitar break [2 measures] Oh, it's tight like that. Ooooh! Tight like that. Ooooh! Hear me talkin' to you. Oh, it's tight like that. |
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13 Nov 18 - 02:38 PM (#3961552) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Tight Like That (Leadbelly) From: Mick Pearce (MCP) A few things: Who threw... - not sure about the start of the line but I think it ends didn't have to stoop. (The start sounds like Who threw that hard). One had a match...: One had a badge, another had a sack, Going down the cornfield just like rats Cold frog, I'm pretty sure should be Bullfrog Mick |