Lyr. Add: PIG MEAT PAPA
Lead Belly, 1935

(Instrumental verse intro)

Just look a-here mama, don't treat pig meat the way you do
Ooooh don't treat pigmeat the way you do
If you don't believe it's pigmeat,
ask anybody in the neighborhood.

If you don't believe it's pigmeat,
[come down here on the grass ?]
Ooooh, [come down here on the grass ?]
I got somethin' about a pigmeat,
sweet mama I ain't told you yet.

I was born and raised in the country,
mama but I'm a stayin' in town
(spoken) In New York City is what I'm talkin' about (/spoken)
I was born and raised in the country,
mama but I'm a stayin' in town
If you don't believe it's pigmeat,
mama put my head on down.

(Instrumental verse)

(spoken) She looked at the man and I looked at the woman
She knows this was Lead Belly, wasn't nothin' but pure pig meat
All over Shreveport Looziana, and all in Texarkana
And I was runnin' with a gal named Sylvana,
she looked at me and here' what she said, the last words (/spoken)

You can take me to the mournin', and there will be pigmeat there
You can take me to the mournin' mama, will be pigmeat there
You can take the bull to China, down to church, just anywhere

Ooooh, a church, just anywhere
Woooh, a church, just anywhere
Take the bull to China, down to church, just anywhere

(Four bars out)
"12 string in standard down 4 semitones to C and played in F position, actual pitch is D flat"

ARC 17181-2 unissued; "transcribed from Lead Belly King of the 12-String Guitar, Columbia Roots 'N' Blues 467893.

Needs checking. Transcription by Weenie Campbell.
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