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Thread #122603   Message #2696891
Posted By: Mick Pearce (MCP)
10-Aug-09 - 08:33 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: The Blues of Blind Willie McTell
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Blues of Blind Willie McTell
Roberto - I did a transcription of that some years ago and had the same trouble with that line (otherwise my transcription is pretty much the same as yours). I've just had a look at my transcription and I had that line (tentatively) as:

Can I get a house snake living and tapping playing tip-fly across your floor

(actually it might not be quite that - the copy I find is a rough transcription and I can't quite make out some of my own writing!).

I'll try and dig out the recording later and have a listen again; it's much better now with the aid of computer audio!

Mick