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17 Feb 98 - 10:47 AM (#21569) Subject: Lyrics to Panama Red From: Does anybody have the lyrics to Panama Red?? Shawn |
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17 Feb 98 - 11:11 AM (#21572) Subject: RE: Lyrics to Panama Red From: Wolfgang Hell go here , Shawn Wolfgang |
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17 Feb 98 - 12:56 PM (#21579) Subject: RE: Lyrics to Panama Red From: Jerry Friedman By Peter Rowan, I believe. (Also a member of Old and in the Way.) |
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17 Feb 98 - 01:00 PM (#21580) Subject: RE: Lyrics to Panama Red From: Jerry Friedman (I see you knew that, Shawn.) |
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09 Jul 20 - 12:46 AM (#4063444) Subject: ADD: Panama Red (Peter Rowan) From: Joe Offer Need lyrics to this one. PANAMA RED (Peter Rowan) Panama Red, Panama Red He'll steal your woman, then he'll rob your head Panama Red, Panama Red On his white horse, Mescalito He come breezin' through town I'll bet your woman's up in bed with old Panama Red The judge don't know when Red's in town He keeps well hidden underground But everybody's acting lazy Falling out and hangin' 'round My woman said, "Hey Pedro You're actin' crazy like a clown" Nobody feels like working Panama Red is back in town Everybody's looking out for him 'Cause they know Red satisfies Little girls love to listen to him Sing and tell sweet lies But when things get too confusing, honey You're better off in bed And I'll be searching all the joints in town for Panama Red Songwriters: Peter Rowan http://www.chameleons.org/wp-content/uploads/ch/PanamaRed.pdf |
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09 Jul 20 - 01:12 AM (#4063445) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Panama Red (Peter Rowan) From: GUEST,Gerry Joe, the lyrics at your link look good to me, and they agree with the Old and In the Way recording at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxtfsGPK7ms except in one or two places: last stanza, 1st line, Red's should be Red; third line, "you're" sounds more like "we're" to me. |
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09 Jul 20 - 05:35 AM (#4063463) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Panama Red (Peter Rowan) From: GUEST,Jerry The sheet music for Panama Red is included in The Bluegrass Songbook (published by Hal Leonard), along with Midnight Moonlight. The lyrics above match very closely, apart from the “better off in bed” line, which yes is “we’re better off”, plus the “Red satisfies” line which should be “he satisfies”. However, altering pronouns is generally accepted in song interpretations. |
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09 Jul 20 - 09:56 AM (#4063494) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Panama Red (Peter Rowan) From: GUEST,cnd The most popular version of the song (and earliest I know of) was done by the New Riders of the Purple Sage, Jerry Garcia's non-Grateful Dead experimental country rock band |
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09 Jul 20 - 12:19 PM (#4063514) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Panama Red (Peter Rowan) From: GUEST,Ray ...... then there was a version by Telephone Bill and the Smooth Operators where they changed a couple of lines in the final verse to - “Telephone Bill, Telephone Bill, They’ll take your women and put them on the pill.” |
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11 Jul 20 - 06:38 PM (#4063785) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Panama Red (Peter Rowan) From: GUEST Probably nothing to do with this song, but Panama Red was the street name for a variety of Marijuana. It was around near the same time as Acapulco Gold. I think they got their names from where they entered the underground market for the ne'er-do-wells who smoked such things. |
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11 Jul 20 - 06:42 PM (#4063786) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Panama Red (Peter Rowan) From: GUEST,Gerry Guest 11 Jul 20 06:38 PM, it surely has *everything* to do with the song. |
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11 Jul 20 - 08:10 PM (#4063795) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Panama Red (Peter Rowan) From: GUEST,cnd Yes, the song is about driving a shipment of Panama Red weed back from Mexico to the States |
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11 Jul 20 - 08:39 PM (#4063797) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Panama Red (Peter Rowan) From: cnd Sorry, let me amend my previous assertion: that song is NRPS's song "Henry" (link). "Henry" was written by John Dawson in 1971, before Panama Red was written, and doesn't actually mention a specific strain of weed. I just combined the songs in my mind. Apologies for any confusion! |