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Thread #72009   Message #3663717
Posted By: Jim Dixon
25-Sep-14 - 07:23 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Got No Silver nor Gold Blues
Subject: Lyr Req: GOT NO SILVER NOR NO GOLD BLUES (D Macon)
I find this recording interesting because it includes perhaps the earliest example I know of, of eephing. See the thread Eephing (type of vocal technique or 'mouth music'):


GOT NO SILVER NOR NO GOLD BLUES
As sung by Uncle Dave Macon, 1927.

Lord, I got no silver; Lord, I got no gold:
Almost nekkid and it done turned cold.

I laid my head upon the railroad track,
Thought of my doney and I pulled it back.

Well, that old graveyard's a terr'ble old place.
Lay you on your back and throw dirt in your face.

Oh, that-a-way a-bullyin', it won't do.
See what bullyin' has brought you to.

If you don't believe that bully is dead,
Look what a hole in the bully's head.

Oh, one in his head, Lord, two in his thigh:
That(?) is the way that bully died.

My name is Uncle Davey from Tennessee.
If you don't like my peaches, don't shake my tree.

Oh, you eat the beefsteak; I eat the liver.
... eats gizzard over ... River

Oh, come on [eephing]
Come on [eephing]