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Thread #28408   Message #536868
Posted By: GUEST,iamjohnne
28-Aug-01 - 03:04 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Who was Eloise in Leadbelly's Linin'
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Who was Eloise in Leadbelly's Linin'
Fred Neil covered Linin' Track on his "Tear Down the Walls" recording back in about 1966. Freddie's lyric is

"Evelinna and her daughter run a sportin house down by the water (repeat)

Gonna line track today

And tomorrow we gonna play

tomorrow

tomorrow we gonna play"

I think that Evelinna and Eloise were one and the same and she seems to be a madam.