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Thread #7259   Message #2483949
Posted By: GUEST,MS Mud
03-Nov-08 - 08:11 PM
Thread Name: Blues Lyrics Translation
Subject: RE: Blues Lyrics Translation
Freekin' hilarious! are you guy's antonist interpretations of those old blues lyrics! Some of you have a clue, but then there are others...

I grew up in the hill country of MS with mostly blues culture neighbors (R.L. Burnside lived 2 farms over on Mr. Thomas Gaines' place in Beartail Bottom)back when black folk hung mirrors on the porch. You'd have had to be there to understand really.

Test:
Q: Who knows what "jumper on the line" means?

A: (Get this right and I'll be impressed)