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Thread #126852 Message #3961522
Posted By: GUEST,ks
13-Nov-18 - 11:09 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Tight Like That (Leadbelly)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Tight Like That (Leadbelly)
Tried another shot at it and I heard the following. Let me know if you folks agree. There's still one line about the preacher and rooster that's unclear. I proposed "{Who through the 'hind}, and didn't have a stew?", but I'm not sure. All else, I think works...
=== Tight Like That - lyrics (Huddie Ledbetter)
Guitar intro [3 measures]
Oh, it's tight like that. Ooooh! Tight like that. Ooooh! Hear me talkin' to you. Oh, it's tight like that
Guitar break [2 measures]
Oh, it's tight like that. Ooooh! Tight like that. Ooooh! Hear me talkin' to you. Oh, it's tight like that
You take Sal and I'll take Jane They both good lookin', but they ain't the same It's tight like that. Ooooh! Tight like that. Ooooh! Hear me talkin' to you. Oh, it's tight like that
If you want to see a preacher laugh Change a dollar and a-give him a half He's tight like that. Ooooh! Tight like that. Ooooh! Hear me talkin' to you. Oh, it's tight like that
Some folks said that a preacher won't steal I caught two in my cornfield It's tight like that. Ooooh! Tight like that. Ooooh! Hear me talkin' to you. Oh, it's tight like that
One had a match and one had a sack Gone out to cornfield just like rats It's tight like that. Ooooh! Tight like that. Ooooh! Hear me talkin' to you. Oh, it's tight like that
Some folks said that a preacher won't steal I caught two in my chicken-roost It's tight like that. Ooooh! Tight like that. Ooooh! Hear me talkin' to you. Oh, it's tight like that
Who through the 'hind, and didn't have a stew? Tryin' to catch a rooster, make rooster soup It's tight like that. Ooooh! Tight like that. Ooooh! Hear me talkin' to you. Oh, it's tight like that
Preacher and rooster had a terrible fight Preacher knocked the rooster clean out of sight He's tight like that. Ooooh! Tight like that. Ooooh! Hear me talkin' to you. Oh, it's tight like that
Preacher told the rooster, "That it'd be all right. Meet you at the hen house t'morrow night It's tight like that. Ooooh! It'd be tight like that. Ooooh! Hear me talkin' to you. Oh, it's tight like that
Yeah! Guitar break [2 measures]
Oh, it's tight like that. Ooooh! Tight like that. Ooooh! Hear me talkin' to you. Oh, it's tight like that
Cold frog jumped in the bottom of da' well Oh, by God, he jumped into hell He's tight like that. Ooooh! Tight like that. Ooooh! Hear me talkin' to you. Oh, it's tight like that
Funniest thing that I ever seen Tomcat sitting on a sewing machine He's tight like that. Ooooh! He's tight like that. Ooooh! Hear me talkin' to you. Oh, it's tight like that
Guitar break [2 measures]
Oh, it's tight like that. Ooooh! Tight like that. Ooooh! Hear me talkin' to you. Oh, it's tight like that.