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Thread #99177 Message #1973554
Posted By: Jean(eanjay)
20-Feb-07 - 08:34 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Jim Crow Blues (from Leadbelly)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Jim Crow Blues - LEAD BELLY version
So far:
"Now I feel a little sorry for the people when you walk into a place and this is one world. We're in the same boat brother. Why don't we be kind to each other? What difference do it make? But there some places you go you can't find. When I was comin' on the train I stopped in Las Vegas. Went around and I walked in, the white fellow was with me, and went to sit down, I thought everything was all right. Man taps me on the shoulder and says "I'm sorry, we don't serve coloured man". Say, "Say you don't". He say "No". The white fellow got right up to him and .......