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Thread #51943 Message #793291
Posted By: GUEST,Ron Williams
29-Sep-02 - 12:05 AM
Thread Name: Ryestraw
Subject: Ryestraw
I'm looking for the lyrics for the fiddle tune "Ryestraw". An old fiddler who I did field recordings of from 1975-1981, Eldia Barbee (Soddy, TN) and released on the Pine Breeze label used to tell the joke: "Two boys were arguing over who's daddy was the best fiddler. One boy says, 'My Daddy can play "Free Little Bird" so good you can see them little birdies just a flutterin' about. The other boy says, "That ain't nothing. My Daddy can play "Ryestraw" to stink 'em out of the room!" (Eldia was talking about and playing a tune called "Did you ever see Lulu make water", and sort of wandered into Ryestraw, another tune whose lyrics he considered 'off-color'.)