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Thread #8704   Message #3652069
Posted By: GUEST,Jake
19-Aug-14 - 10:32 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Coal Man Blues (Peg Leg Howell)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Coal Man Blues (Peg Leg Howell)
I believe the lyric in the last line of the fifth stanza should actually be, "You run to the door to stop the Jellico man." Jellico was the name of a prominent coal provider back in the day. The door-to-door guys were called the "Jellico man."