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01 Feb 05 - 09:31 AM (#1395579) Subject: Lyr Req: Doc Watson ,Tavelin' man From: GUEST,domenico.bambini@siemens.com I heard a nice performance of Doc Watson in a Guitar Video lesson of Stephen Grossman ( Country blues guitar )the song title is "TRAVELIN MAN " it's really wanderfull , I am Italian and I don't manage to understand clearly the thight pronuciation of Doc. Anybody can help me ?? |
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01 Feb 05 - 10:00 AM (#1395607) Subject: Lyr Add: TRAVELING MAN From: Bee-dubya-ell This is the version I do. "Travelin' Man" is an old minstrel show song that has been altered by just about everybody who has performed it. I've heard Doc's version a time or two. It is slightly different, but the story's the same. TRAVELING MAN Folks, I want to tell you 'bout a man named Bloom He come from down in New Orleans And made his living stealing chickens And anything he could see That popeyed man could run so fast That his feet wouldn't stay in the road And if a freight train passed, no matter how fast He could always get on board CHORUS He was a travelling man Certainly was a travelling man He was the most travellin'est man There ever was in the land He travelled East, he travelled West Was known for miles around And he never got caught & he never got whupped Til the police shot him down Well Bloom went down to the spring one day To fetch himself a pail of water The distance this rascal had to traverse Was approximately three miles & a quarter Now he filled up the bucket & started back Then he stumbled & fell down He ran back to the house, grabbed another bucket And caught the water b'fore it hit the ground Well the police shot him with a rifle And the bullet went thru his head The folks was comin' from miles around Just to see if that boy was dead Telegrammed down south where his mama lived She was all upset with tears She walked up & opened the coffin lid But that fool had disappeared Now Bloom was on the Titantic Ship When it was sinking low He was standing outside the railing And he had his head hung low Well the people who saw him jump overboard Said 'Get a load of that crazy fool!' But just 45 minutes after that He was shooting craps in Liverpool Now the police caught that Bloom at last They had him up to hang one day The judge leaned over, said 'My good man Do you have any last words to say?' He asked the courtroom to bow their heads To bow their heads in prayer Then he crossed one leg & winked one eye And vanished straight up in the air Bruce |
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03 Feb 05 - 12:07 PM (#1397999) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Doc Watson ,Travelin' man From: GUEST Thanks Bruce now I have a chance to understand Appalachian slang !! Domenico |
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03 Feb 05 - 12:44 PM (#1398057) Subject: Lyr Add: TRAVELIN' MAN (Doc Watson) From: GUEST Domenico, I am missing one or two words, but here is the Doc Watson version I have: Folks, jes' [just] let me tell you 'bout a man I know His home was down in Tennessee And made his living stealing chickens And anything he could see One day the sheriff got behind that boy Made him take to the road Aint never been a freight train that run so fast that Joe couldn't get on board CHORUS Travelin' man yes he musta [must have] been a traveling man travelin' a-ramblin' man He was the swiftest in the land Gamblin' a-ramblin Joe They knowed him down in every town He never (??), no, he never give up And fer [for] that he never settled down Sent that fellow to the spring one day For to fetch a pail of water The distance from the spring to the house It was, uh, sixteen miles & a quarter He got the bucket of water all right Stubbed his toe and he fell down He ran to the house and he grabbed another bucket Caught the water 'fore it hit the ground Police finally caught poor old Joe Sentenced him to to hang one day The solemn old judge looked at Joe and said Have you got anything to say? Joe looked at the judge, at the jury He said Bow down your head in prayer He crossed one leg & then winked one eye And went sailing off through the air |
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03 Feb 05 - 01:11 PM (#1398106) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Doc Watson ,Travelin' man From: Lane Which guitar video lesson is that on? I'd like to get that one |