Mudcat Café message #3023507

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Thread #133301 Message #3023507
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
04-Nov-10 - 01:12 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Ain't Goin' Down to the Well No Mo'
Subject: RE: Req: Leadbelly: Ain't Goin Down To The Well No Mo'

Seems to pick up floating verses in different versions.
Tom Waits adds the verse:

If I ever get able, if I ever get able,
to pay this debt I owe
Ain't goin' down
I ain't goin' down
Momma to the well, momma to the well,
Momma to the well, no more.
Momma to the well, momma to the well,
Momma to the well, momma to the well
Momma to the well, no more
Ain't goin' down
Ain't goin' down
Ain't goin' down.

I'll have to dig out Leadbelly's version. It appears in at least two albums; Folkways, and "Last Sessions."