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Thread #151967 Message #3552540
Posted By: Jim Dixon
25-Aug-13 - 12:06 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Pullman Porter songs & info
Subject: Lyr Add: MY PULLMAN PORTER MAN (from E Robinson)
As long as we're collecting songs about Pullman porters, we might as well have this blues song. I listened to it on Spotify; it's from the Document Records album "Elzadie Robinson Vol. 2 1928-1929." The sound quality is very poor, and I found several phrases to be unintelligible, and a few others are doubtful.
MY PULLMAN PORTER MAN
As sung by Elzadie Robinson, 1929.
I heard a lot of rumbling(?) on ... that I. C. train. (2x)
God(?), that makes me feel like my man's coming back again.
My man's a Pullman porter out on(?) the I. C. line. (2x)
He can put you to sleep, wake you up on time.
When he comes home, he goes right in the hay. (2x)
Because, sweet mama, it's about the break of day.
He'll load(?) your wheels, honey, …. (2x)
He can fix it so your man can't turn it around.
He rides first on top, then from side to side. (2x)
If he loads your baggage, you'll sure be satisfied.