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Thread #144160   Message #3334613
Posted By: Mick Pearce (MCP)
06-Apr-12 - 01:36 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Lead Belly's Alabama Bound 1940
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lead Belly's Alabama Bound 1940
Just to let you know there is someone still listening. I've been listening to that section on and off over the last two days and so far I think:

1) the 2nd line is (I'm almost certain) Let that cane corn be; that seemed to be the reading from the beginning and I haven't changed my mind about that.

2) The 1st line is harder. My current closest reading is:

You can drink [your open hard], that's whiskey bought


but I'm still not certain. The words I've bracketed are the ones I'm not sure about (actually I'm not 100% certain about drink, but I'll leave that for now) and it could be some sort of brand name Jupenhard, Yopenhard, but I can't find anything likely in my searches so far.

I haven't given up yet!

Mick