The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #106496   Message #2200370
Posted By: Bob the Postman
22-Nov-07 - 09:28 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Pigmeat (Leadbelly)
Subject: RE: Pigmeat Again
Gonna kill a Poland China, make me a pigskin glove
Gonna cut a sow's breast, mama, make a pallet for the gal I love

So sang Koerner, Ray, and Glover on their Electra LP "Lots More Blues Rags And Hollers". The song is called "Fine Soft Land" and is credited to Dave "Snaker" Ray. According to the sleeve notes, "This song came to me during a dream in which I was walking upstairs."
These guys were kind of a Leadbelly tribute band in them days. Some of their songs were Leadbelly covers and some (like Fine Soft Land?) were Leadbelly pastiches.