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03 May 10 - 05:26 PM (#2899351) Subject: Lyr Req: Old Reilly(here rattler)- Cisco Houston From: George Ellias I'm not just looking for the lyrics im also wondering about the origins of this song. anyone have some cool stuff about it? |
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03 May 10 - 05:31 PM (#2899358) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Old Reilly(here rattler)- Cisco Houston From: George Ellias Never mind got all i needed. awesome song. "There are songs with symbolic language, as in Old Reilly who walked the water with his long clothes on. (Here, perhaps, you should be let in on the meaning of this: his "long clothes" refer to his chain gang prison garb. When an inmate tried to make a break for his freedom, he would run up the river bed through the shallow water, to lose his scent to the blood hounds who were in pursuit. This was called "walking the water." This discussion has some interesting variants. - Cisco Houston |
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05 May 10 - 03:46 PM (#2900761) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Old Reilly(here rattler)- Cisco Houston From: Jim Dixon There is some discussion, as well as several versions of the lyrics, in the threads Lyr Req: Here Rattler Here and Lyr Req: Old Rattler (Leadbelly). |