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Thread #27241 Message #3741266
Posted By: GUEST,jburrill
02-Oct-15 - 05:38 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Flight 641 (Lawrence Hammond)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Flight 641 (Lawrence Hammond)
re:
> Someone asked here if he sang any other Carl Oglesby songs besides
> "Cherokee Queen". Although I don't think he recorded any others I
> heard him sing "Le Chinois" on 2 different occasions. This
> mysterious song begins:
>
> Your houseboy's body floating facedown in the river,
> Does anybody dare to speak his name?
>
> I remember this is a dark dark song with a melancholy melody. Does
> anybody know the rest of the words?
I've just launched a new website about Oglesby's songs which includes an introduction to Oglesby and his music and links to all of his songs, as well as my arrangements of seven of them (so far) in PDF and JPG format with lyrics and chords: http://sites.google.com/site/OglesbySongs
Jim Burrill