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Thread #29886   Message #381022
Posted By: Barbara
24-Jan-01 - 01:04 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Conch Ain't Got No Bone (Blind Blake)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Conch Ain't Got No Bone
My brother was a part of that PSGW, Mark. He came home with the score for "Wind Calling", and a story to tell.

The February tapes have one different verse, maybe two. Here's the one I remember:
Slack eye knock the sailor man down
Take all of his money
I haul him on board [.....]
And sail before the wind

I don't have the tapes to hand so I'll give them a listen tomorrow. thanks ever so much, Plume -- I'd never have figured out the second line on the mosquito verse. Is the chorus in a pidgin dialect or is that just plain nonsense?
Blessings,
Barbara