For some time now I have been playing an instrumental in my blues set based on Peg Leg Howell's Georgia Skin Game. A friend suggested that I might sing the words with it.
I do not seem to be able to find the words on the net and have managed to transcribe most of them
Any corrections or additions would be gratefully received. here is what i have already, i have indicated gaps in my understanding with ---- and uncertainties with (?)
Georgia Skin Game
When I came to Georgia
Money and clothes I had babe
All the money I had done gone
My Sunday clothes in pawn
Sunday Clothes in pawn
Sunday Clothes in pawn loving babe
My Sunday clothes in pawn
And you'd better let a deal go down
Skin games coming to a close (?)
And you'd better let your deal go down
(Spoken)
Hold the cards dollar most (?)
Two more hands
Dollar ---- ---- ---- ------ (?)
Dollar ---- ---- ---- ------ loving babe (?)
Dollar ---- ---- ---- ------ (?)
When I tooted in game last night
Thought I'd have some fun
Lost the money that I had babe
Had to pawn my special gun
Had to pawn my special gun
Had to pawn my special gun loving babe
Had to pawn my special gun
So you'd better let a deal go down
Skin games coming to a close (?)
And you'd better let your deal go down
Gamble all over Missouri
Gambled all through Spain
Police came to 'rest me babe
And they did not know my name.
They did not know my name
They did not know my name loving babe
And they did not know my name
Better let a deal go down
Skin games coming to a close (?)
And you'd better let your deal go down
(Spoken)
Hold the cards, dollar most ---- ---- (?)
Have more than two (?)
Put up on there nigger
Better let the deal go down
Said you better let the deal go down
Gambled all over Missouri
Gambled in Tennessee babe
Soon as I reach old Georgia
The niggers get a handcuff to me
The niggers get a handcuff to me
Niggers get a handcuff to me loving babe
And the niggers get a handcuff to me
And you'd better let a deal go down
Skin games coming to a close (?)
And you'd better let your deal go down
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