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26 Jan 12 - 04:42 PM (#3296847) Subject: Lyr Req: Leroy Carr From: Queensberry Hiya, Although a long term user of the site, I am a new member. I'm in search of a few pre-war blues & jug band lyrics and or chords and thought some of you may be able to help. Was trying to work out Boxcar Blues by Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell. Managed most of it but was really struggling with the later verses. if anyone can help, i'd really appreciate it. Don't laugh if i'm way off!! ....'s mean I have no idea what is being sung at all! Here's what I have (thanks in advance): Boxcar Blues I'm all lonely sad and blue F Heaving this truck I've had enough of you Bb C F I just got the blues G F Cold and blue, long way from home F Tired of wondering don't want to roam Bb C F Way back home in Tennessee G F My sweet lovin' mama is waiting for me A I've got no money and the tickets aint free D7 That is why I've got the boxcar blues G C Clickety-clack, clickety-clack F I've got a dozen stitches in my back Bb C F From pumping all those ridges on the railroad track Bb C F I've got the boxcar blues but I'm going back F C F Clickety, clickety, click clack Bb C F ………….train, come on through ………………., seven hours away from you I've just got the blues …………..train, …………..joe ……………….rolling and losing my dough Come on bone be good to me Roll out seven monies gonna be free Goodbye money them two sixes are free That is why I've got the boxcar blues Clickety-clack, clickety-clack Roll them bones and roll them back Fading your money with the lead in my sack I've got the boxcar blues but I'm coming back I've got the boxcar blues but I'm coming back |
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27 Jan 12 - 12:45 AM (#3297007) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Leroy Carr From: GUEST,999 Where can one hear the cut? |
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27 Jan 12 - 01:32 AM (#3297014) Subject: RE: Req: Boxcar Blues(Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell) From: Joe Offer Queensberry, do you have the lyrics book titles Talkin to Myself: Blues Lyrics 1921-1942? There's an online edition here, that's acutally better than the print version (and free of charge). It doesn't work for this song - lots of lyrics by Leroy Carr, but not this one. I'll work up a transcription in a later post. 999, try Spotify.com if you have a broadband connection. For now, it's free in the U.S. - and I think also in Canada. -Joe- Talkin' to Myself has one song with this title, by Maggie Jones: Box Car Blues recorded by Maggie Jones New York, 13 Nov. 1924 (140134‑3) Co‑14047‑D VJM VLP‑23 Every time : I see a railroad track Feel like riding : feel like going back Catch a train : that's headed for the South Going back south : to get smacked in the mouth Got a man : way down old Texas way
Going to meet him : ain't got time to stay Got the boxcar blues : feel like a tramp Going to be down : in a Texas camp Told the engineer : to drive them down Broke and hungry : tired of tramping around Boxcar boxcar : don't you carry two Ride me ride me : sooth my boxcar blues
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27 Jan 12 - 02:17 AM (#3297025) Subject: RE: Req: Boxcar Blues(Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell) From: GUEST,999 Not yet available here, Joe, but thanks. |
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27 Jan 12 - 04:36 AM (#3297059) Subject: ADD: Boxcar Blues(Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell) From: Joe Offer Well, the Maggie Jones "Box Car Blues" isn't the same song at all. Here's what I hear on the Leroy Carr recording (on Spotify): I'm all lonely sad and blue Really Mister Soto (???) I've seen enough of you I just got the blues Cold and broke, long way from home Tired of wandering don't want to roam Way back home in Tennessee My sweet lovin' mama is waiting for me I got no money and the tickets ain't free That is why I got the box car blues Clickety-clack, clickety-clack I got a dozen stitches in my back Bumping over bridges (switches?) on this railroad track I got the boxcar blues and I'm going back Clickety, clickety, click clack [instrumental bridge] Roll that train (??), now come on through Really Mister Seven I was waitin' on you I just got the blues Lose that train (??), Little Joe Guess I'm going and losing my dough Come on bones be good to me Roll out seven money's gonna be free Goodbye money them's two sixes I see That is why I've got the boxcar blues Clickety-clack, clickety-clack Roll them bones and roll them back Paid in your money with the last in my sack I got the box car blues but I'm coming back Clickety, clickety, click clack [Spoken]Grab them bones, boy! Here, rattlin! (??) C'mon, seven! Boxcars! I got the box car blues but I'm coming back Clickety, clickety, click clack There are several parts here that I just can't figure out - the worst parts are marked by question marks. |
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27 Jan 12 - 10:33 AM (#3297224) Subject: RE: Req: Boxcar Blues(Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell) From: Queensberry Thanks for all the suggestions everyone, much appreciated. It's a difficult one (especially for a singer who normally sings quite clearly) and the track is not commonly available on the internet (youtube etc). I'm off to listen back to it now.... |