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Thread #53669   Message #827549
Posted By: Chris C
15-Nov-02 - 09:59 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Rabbit Foot Blues (Blind Lemon Jefferson)
Subject: Lyr Add: RABBIT FOOT BLUES (Blind Lemon Jefferson)
I bet someone here can help me out.

I have the lyrics to Blind Lemon Jefferson's Rabbit Foot Blues as they are usually published. I copied & pasted them below for reference.
Problem is, BLJ sings a final verse that starts:
"Hitch me to your buggy mama, drive me like a mule..(2x)
Then I think the final line starts with "I?m goin' home with you sugar..."
but I can't get the rest of it!
Does anyone know these words?

Also, I'm not convinced he's actually singing the words as shown below. For instance: could "hungry" be "homely"?

Anyway, any insight or guesses are welcome.
Thanks in advance,
CC


Blues jumped a rabbit and he ran a solid mile.
Blues jumped a rabbit, and he ran a solid mile.
The rabbit sat down and cried just like a little child.

Well, it seem like you're hungry, why don't you come and lunch with me?
Well, it seem like you're hungry, why don't you come and lunch with me?
I'm gonna stop these married-lookin' wimmin from worryin' me.

I have Uneeda biscuits and a half a pint of gin.
I have Uneeda biscuits and a half a pint of gin.
The gin is mighty fine, them biscuits is a little too thin.

Baby, tell me somehting about meatless and wheatless days.
Baby, tell me somehting about meatless and wheatless days.
This not being my home, I don't think I should stay.

Well I cried for flour; meat, I declare was gone.
Well I cried for flour; meat, I declare was gone.
People feed me corn bread, I just can't stick around home.

Got a knapsack, baby, and I'm gonna get a submarine.
Got a knapsack, baby, and I'm gonna get a submarine.
Gonna get that Kaiser by 19 (hundred) 17.


SOURCE:
Folk Blues, by Jerry Silverman, Jerry Silverman Publications, a division of Saw Mill Music Corp. (C) 1983 Saw Mill Music Corp.