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Posted By: 12003biloute
27-Jan-10 - 03:50 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Tight Like That (Leadbelly)
Subject: Lyr Req: TIGHT LIKE THAT Huddie Leadbelly
Hi
Who can fill the missing lines shown by (???????) in this Huddie song released in 1948
Thank you
Claude
IT'S TIGHT LIKE THAT recorded New York City October 15, 1948
Guitar intro
Oh it's tight like that ooooh, tight like that ooooh
In some deed oh it's tight like that
Guitar break
Oh it's tight like that ooooh, tight like that ooooh
In some deed oh it's tight like that
You take Sal and I'll take Jane
Both good lookin', but they ain't the same
Oh tight like that ooooh, tight like that ooooh
In some deed oh it's tight like that
If you want to see a preacher laugh
Change a dollar and give him half
It's tight like that ooooh, tight like that ooooh
In some deed oh it's tight like that
Some folks said that a preacher won't steal
I caught two in my corn-field
It's tight like that ooooh, tight like that ooooh
In some deed oh it's tight like that
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Gone to cornfield just like rats
It's tight like that ooooh, tight like that ooooh
In some deed oh tight like that
Some folks said that a chicken won't steal
I caught two on my chicken-roost field
It's tight like that ooooh, tight like that ooooh
In some deed oh it's tight like that
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It's tight like that ooooh, tight like that ooooh
In some deed oh it's tight like that
Preacher and rooster had a terrible fight,
Preacher knocked the Rooster clean out of sight
It's tight like that ooooh, tight like that ooooh
In some deed oh it's tight like that
Chicken told the rooster, "That will be all right.
Meet you at the hen house 'morrow night
It's tight like that ooooh, be tight like that ooooh
In some deed oh it's tight like that
Yeah!
Guitar break
Oh it's tight like that ooooh, tight like that ooooh
In some deed oh it's tight like that
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It's tight like that ooooh, tight like that ooooh
In some deed oh it's tight like that
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It's tight like that ooooh, tight like that ooooh
In some deed oh it's tight like that
Guitar break
Oh it's tight like that ooooh, tight like that ooooh
In some deed oh it's tight like that