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Thread #53669 Message #830473
Posted By: masato sakurai
20-Nov-02 - 04:26 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Rabbit Foot Blues (Blind Lemon Jefferson)
Subject: Lyr Add: RABBIT FOOT BLUES
I have two different transcriptions.
(1) Eric Sackheim, The Blues Line (Ecco Press, 1993, p. 73):
RABBIT FOOT BLUES
Blue jumped a rabbit, run him a solid mile Blue jumped a rabbit, run him a solid mile This rabbit sat down, crying like a natural child*
Well it seem like you hungry, honey come and lunch with me Seem like you hungry, honey come and lunch with me I wanna stop these married looking women from worrying 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 but them biscuits are a little too thin
Baby tell me something about those meatless and wheatless days I want to know about those meatless and wheatless days This not being my home I don't think I should stay
I cried for flour and the meat I declare it was gone Well I cried 'bout flour and the meat I declare it was gone Keep a-feeding me corn bread, I just can't stick around long
Got an air plane, baby, and I'm gonna get a submarine An air plane, and I'm a-gonna get a submarine Gonna get that Kaiser, and will be seldom seen
Mmmm mm hitch me to your buggy, mama, drive me like a mule Hitch me to your buggy and drive me like a mule Reason I'm going home with you, sugar, I ain't much hard to be fooled
*"The most doubtful words or passages are printed in italics."
(2) David Evans, Big Road Blues (Da Capo, 1987, pp. 79-80):
RABBIT FOOT BLUES
1. Blues jumped a rabbit, run him one solid mile. Blues jumped a rabbit, run him one solid mile. That rabbit sat down, cried like a natural child.
2. Well, it seem like you hungry. Honey, come and lunch with me. Seem like you hungry. Honey, come and lunch with me. I'm gonna stop these nice looking women from worrying me.
3. I have Uneeda biscuits, gal, and a half a pint of gin. Uneeda biscuits, gal, and a half a pint of gin. The gin is mighty fine, but them biscuits are a little too thin.
4. Baby, tell me something about the meatless and wheatless days. I want to know about those meatless and wheatless days This not being my home, I don't think that I should stay.
GUITAR CHORUS.
5. I cried for flour, and meat, I declare, it was strong. Well, I cried for flour, and meat, I declare, it was strong. Keep a feeding me cornbread, I just can't stick around long.
6. Got an airplane, baby, now we're gonna get a submarine. An airplane, now we're gonna get a submarine. Gonna get that Kaiser, and we'll be seldom seen.
7. Mmmm, hitch me to your buggy, mama; drive me like a mule. Hitch me to your buggy; drive me like a mule. Reason I'm going home with you, sugar, I ain't much hard to be fooled.