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Thread #9576   Message #1605218
Posted By: Jim Dixon
14-Nov-05 - 10:47 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Kill It Kid (Blind Willie McTell)
Subject: Lyr Add: KILL-IT-KID RAG (Blind Willie McTell)
Hey, that Juneberry78s web site looks wonderful. I have bookmarked it and intend to go back there. Meantime, I've done my best trying to transcribe the two versions of KILL IT KID. Some lines don't make much sense. I hope others can correct what I've done wrong. Here's the first one:

KILL-IT-KID RAG
Blind Willie McTell

1. In Miami on old Sixth Avenue
Whatever the men she went with, they can do
About kill it, kid.
Hot mama, let's kill it, kid.

2. Out in the alley and in the streets,
All the gals and boys you meet,
They want to kill it, kid.
Hot mama, let's kill it, kid.
Yeah, kill it.

3. Sister Kate grabbed Brother Moore,
Shoved her shimmy across the floor.
They want to kill it, kid.
Hot mama, let's kill it, kid.

4. Put out the light 'bout half past one.
We gonna dance from now till sun.
Kill it, kid.
Hot mama, let's kill it, kid.

5. Ain't got no ma and ain't got no pa.
Put out the lights and call the law.
Want to kill it, kid.
Hot mama, let's kill it, kid. Yes, yes, yes.

6. Throw your hands way up high.
Grab me, honey, and make me cry.
We're gonna kill it, kid.
Hot mama, let's kill it, kid.

7. People come from miles around.
Come in money, want to break 'em down.
I want to kill it, kid.
Oh, baby, let's kill it, kid.

8. Yellow gal from East and Main,
I know she'd kill that thing.
She want to kill it, kid.
Hot mama, let's kill it, kid.

9. Devil that's trouble ...
Tell these Florida women how to Eagle Rock
You want to kill it, kid.
Oh, baby, let's kill it, kid.

10. All you gals on Sixth Avenue
Show these Georgia women what they can do
About kill it, kid.
Hot mama, let's kill it, kid.

11. Throw your hands and hold me tight.
We gonna kill it the rest o' the night.
I want to kill it, kid.
Hot mama, let's kill it, kid.

12. You can kill it with a Cadillac, kill it with a Ford.
I believe she can kill it on a runnin' board.
She want to kill it, kid.
Hot mama, let's kill it, kid.