The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #96343 Message #1882942
Posted By: Joe Offer
11-Nov-06 - 04:32 AM
Thread Name: Origins: All Night Long / Richmond Blues
Subject: RE: Source of Song in DT - All Night Long
For the sake of discussion, here are the DT lyrics. Some of the verses are familiar because I've heard them in other songs, but I don't recognize this song at all. The song came from somebody with the initials "DP," and was added to the DT in April 1997. This site (click) make me thing it may be the "All Night Long Blues" by Burnett and Rutherford, 1927. -Joe-
ALL NIGHT LONG
All night long, all night long All night long, from midnight on
Down in the depot (down in the depot) Ready to go (ready to go) If the train don't come (if the train don't come) Something's wrong down the road (something's wrong down the road)
If I live And don't get killed I'll make my home In Louisville
In Louisville, in Louisville If I live and don't get killed
I'd rather be dead And in my grave Than in this old town Treated this way
If anyone asks you Who wrote this song Tell 'em it was me And I'll sing it all night long