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Thread #38599   Message #547759
Posted By: GutBucketeer
11-Sep-01 - 11:58 PM
Thread Name: Lyr/Chords Req: Jug Band and Skiffle Songs
Subject: Lyr Add: YOU MAY LEAVE (Memphis Jug Band)
Another from the Glass site: For a very interesting discussion of the origins of this song and similar lyrics in other songs such as Mississippi John Hurt's I'M SATISFIED see:

http://www.glass-artist.co.uk/music/history/satisfied.html

YOU MAY LEAVE
(Memphis Jug Band)

My father was a jockey, learned me to ride behind
You know by that I got a job anytime,
You may leave but this'll bring you back

CHORUS: I'm satisfied, satisfied, my toteloder shaker by my side
You may leave you may leave but this'll bring you back

I walked around the corner to the peanut stand
My gal got stuck on the peanut man
You may leave but this'll bring you back

You quit me pretty mama 'cause you couldn't be ma boss
But a rolling stone don't gather no moss
You may leave but this'll bring you back

A nickel's worth of meal a dime's worth of lard
Would buy everything in Geoff Burn's yard
You may leave but this'll bring you back

I'm built like a tadpole shaped like a frog
When I go with your woman, she'll holler hot dog
You may leave but this'll bring you back