The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #4101   Message #126888
Posted By: rick b
22-Oct-99 - 02:51 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Sugar Babe (Mance Lipscomb, Tom Rush, etc
Subject: RE: sugar babe
THANKS FORTUNATO. I'LL LOOK LATER TO SEE IF YOU COME UP WITH OTHER LYRICS FROM HOME. HEY KAT, I AGREE THAT LOTS OF OLD BLUES TUNES HAVE INAPPROPRIATE LYRICS. YOU CERTAINLY GET A SENSE OF THAT OLD (OR MAYBE STILL EXISTENT)MALE DOMINANT, VIOLENT ENVIRONMENT. BECAUSE I OFTEN PERFORM THESE SONGS I OFTEN CHANGE THE LYRICS TO BRING THEM UP TO DATE AND PRESENT WORDS THAT I CAN RELATE TO. EITHER THAT OR I JUST DON'T SING THAT SONG.