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Thread #134739 Message #3068128
Posted By: Jim Dixon
05-Jan-11 - 07:46 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Rebecca (Big Joe Turner, 1944)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Rebecca by Big Joe Turner (1944)
There's one word I still don't get, but this is what I think I hear:
Verse 1 line 3:
Well, the --- done an' quit me, Lord, but I love her still.
Verse 2 line 1&2:
She's got eyes like diamonds, teeth shine like Klondike gold.
Verse 2 line 3:
Every time she loves me she sends my mellow soul.
Verse 4 line 3:
May not pick no berries but we'll come back feeling good.
(Some of these lines also appear in ROLL 'EM PETE, also by Big Joe Turner & Pete Johnson. In fact, the tune seems virtually identical.)