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Posted By: masato sakurai
08-Jul-04 - 10:40 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Levee Camp Moan (Texas Alexander)
Subject: Lyr Add: LEVEE CAMP MOAN
From Eric Sackheim, The Blues Line (Ecco, 1993, pp. 124-25):LEVEE CAMP MOAN
(Texas Alexander)
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Lord they accused me of murder
murder murder
I haven't harmed a man
Lord they accused me of murder
I haven't harmed a man
Ohhhhhhh they accused me of murder and I
haven't harmed a man
Oh they accused me of forgery and I
I can't write my name
Lord they accused me of forgery
I can't write my name
Oh I went all around
that whole corral
I couldn't find a mule
with his shoulder well
Lord I couldn't find a mule
with his shoulder well
Oh I worked old Maude
and I worked old Belle
Lord I couldn't find a mule
Maggie, with his shoulder well
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Lord that morning bell
Lord she went up the country and
well she's on my mind
Well she went up the country
but she's on my mind
Oh if she don't come on the big boat
she better not land
Lord if she don't come on the big boat
big boat
I mean she better not land
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Lord if she don't come on the big boat
I mean she better not land