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Thread #39034 Message #552968
Posted By: Chris Amos
18-Sep-01 - 01:58 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Stephan Grossman versions
Subject: Lyr Add: DELIA (Stephan Grossman)
Brendy,
The words as best I recall them
Delia was a gambling girl Gambled all around Delia, a gambling girl Laid her body down
And all the Friends I ever had are gone
Delia, Delia Gona ask around High Sherrif he came by Shot her to the ground
And...
Delia, Delia Made a lunge to run High Sherriff shot her down Great big gattlin gun
Delias' mother weep Delias' father moan They wouldn't hate it so bad If their child died at home
Rubber tyred carrage rubber tyred hack dun taken old po' Delia Never bring her back
Men in Atlanta Trying to pass for white Delias in the grave-yard Six feet out of sight
Delia, Delia How could it be Wanted everyone around you Never wanted me
And all the friends I ever had are gone.
Hope that's some help
Memory is a funny thing, I went to a folk club recently and someone sang a verson of The cruel Ships Captain which was different to a version I had learnt 30 years ago. All the way home I tried to recall the words but could only get the first and last verses. In the middle of the night (with my brain in neutral I guess) I woke up and could recall it word for word.