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Thread #125846   Message #2790814
Posted By: GUEST,celticblues5
17-Dec-09 - 07:03 PM
Thread Name: Is alcohol the only drug...? (songs praising drugs
Subject: RE: Is alcohol the only drug praised in song
The fabulous Julia Lee had twin recordings of "Sweet Lotus Blossom" & "Sweet Marijuana" (same song, just substituted one phrase for the other, depending, I suppose on the audience at any particular time, "(sweet) lotus blossom" being marginally more obscure as to its meaning).

Soothe me with your caress,
Sweet lotus blossom
Lotus blossom
Help me in my distress
Sweet lotus blossom
Please do

Now you alone can bring my lover back to me
Even though I know it's just a fantasy
And then, knock me clear out
Sweet lotus blossom
Please do.....


Then there was Bessie Smith --- ["Gimme a Pigfoot"]

.....Give the piano player a drink because he's bringin' me down
He's got rhythm, yeah!
When he stomps his feet, he sends me right off to sleep
Check all your razors and your guns
We gonna be rasslin' when the wagon comes
I wanna pigfoot and a bottle of beer
Send me 'cause I don't care
Slay me 'cause I don't care
Gimme a reefer and a gang o' gin
Slay me, 'cause I'm in my sin
Slay me 'cause I'm full of gin
Check all your razors and your guns
Do the
shim-sham shimmy
till the risin' sun


A compilation, "Reefer Songs," lists:
1. Reefer Man - Don Redman And His Orchestra
2. The Man From Harlem - Cab Calloway And His Orchestra
3. Here Comes The Man With The Jive - Stuff Smith And His Onyx Club Boys
4. If You're A Viper - Bob Howard And His Boys
5. Texas Tea Party - Benny Goodman And His Orchestra, With Jack Teagarden
6. Light Up - Buster Bailey's Rhythm Busters
7. Jack I'm Mellow - Trixie Smith
8. Sweet Marijuana Brown - Barney Bigard Sextet
9. Viper Mad - Sidney Bechet With Noble Sissie's Swingers
10. The Weed Smoker's Dream (Why Don't You Do Right) - Harlem Hamfats
11. The G Man Got The T Man - Cee Pee Johnson And His Band
12. All The Jive Is Gone - Andy Kirk And His Twelve Clouds Of Joy
13. The Stuff Is Here - Georgia White
14. Wacky Dust - Chick Webb And His Orchestra, With Ella Fitzgerald
15. Who Put The Benzedrine In Mrs Murphy Ovaltine? - Harry 'The Hipster' Gibson
16. Jerry The Junker - Clarence Williams And His Washboard band
17. Reefer Song - Fats Waller
18. Lotus Blossom (Sweet Marijuana) - Julia Lee And Her Boy Friends
19. Willie The Chimney Sweeper - Ernest Rodgers
20. Weeds - Bea Foote
21. Save The Roach For Me - Buck Washington
22. Knockin Myself Out - Lil Greene
23. Minnie The Moocher - Cab Calloway And His Cotton Club Orchestra


And here's another compilation of substance songs -
http://isohunt.com/torrent_details/114485209/Teens+Lyrics?tab=summary