Occasional Stray into Bawdiness

Subject: RE: Occasional Stray into Bawdiness
From: Rick Fielding
Date: 21 Jul 99 - 10:05 AM

Roger. You've reminded me of something. I don't know a whole lot about George Melly, other than the occasional things I've read about him. (and that he may have been a friend of my hero Quentin crisp). Is there any easy way of accessing his writing? I haven't had a lot of luck finding stuff on the net.
Good thread Mag.
rick

Subject: RE: Occasional Stray into Bawdiness
From: Roger the zimmer
Date: 20 Jul 99 - 10:28 AM

occasional?
The blues is riddled with double & single entedres: the women like Ma Rainey & Bessie Smith, not forgetting Big Mama Thornton (you know the one: looked like Sonny Liston only not so effeminate) gave as good as they got in response to the chauvinist lyrics of the male singers. A lot of their repertoire was bawdy vaudeville as well as blues [I just mis-typed baudeville could be a new term!]
Still kept alive in UK by artists like George Melly & Dana Gillespie [Wrong key & right keyhole; Nuts; Hot dog man; Kitchen man; Put a hot dog in my roll; Under your hood etc etc]

Subject: RE: Occasional Stray into Bawdiness
From: Rick Fielding
Date: 20 Jul 99 - 10:14 AM

Blind Boy Fuller used to sing "Let me Play With Your Poodle".

Subject: RE: Occasional Stray into Bawdiness
From: WyoWoman
Date: 20 Jul 99 - 10:06 AM

Oh, and Bonnie Raitt has one, the title of which I can't remember,

"Babe, we're gonna get it right, And we'll do it if it takes all night..."

Oh, yeah.

WW

Subject: RE: Occasional Stray into Bawdiness
From: WyoWoman
Date: 20 Jul 99 - 10:02 AM

"Ain't Nobody Bake a Sweet Jelly Roll Like Mine..."

WW

Subject: RE: Occasional Stray into Bawdiness
From: Cap't Bob
Date: 20 Jul 99 - 05:25 AM

I sort of like "While Cruising Around Yarmouth" (if that's the actual name of the song).

Subject: RE: Occasional Stray into Bawdiness
From: MAG (inactive)
Date: 20 Jul 99 - 02:21 AM

Well, I'm not ready to give up yet; just gettin' that mojo working.

And since this seems to be a ladies-dominant thread, as well it should be to stay PC, let me elaborate:

"You got to know how." (Bonnie Raitt does a cover version.)

"NINE TIMES A NIGHT" is in the DB; the salient verse being:

Wedding was over; the bride tolled the bell
Jack trimmed her sails 5x and that pleased her well
She vowed to herself she was satisfied quite
But she still gave sly hints about NINE TIMES A NIGHT.

(Jack says he can't do it, but his sister she can.)

Of course anything by the Pointer Sisters, especially Mercury Rising or Slow Hand, but I guess they're off limits.

--MA

Subject: RE: Occasional Stray into Bawdiness
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 19 Jul 99 - 12:30 AM

My all time favorite: "I'm like a one-eyed cat, just peekin in your seafood store"

Subject: RE: Occasional Stray into Bawdiness
From: harpgirl
Date: 18 Jul 99 - 11:40 PM

...I love that Ruth Brown song, WyoWoman... and of course "I Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl"....harp

Subject: RE: Occasional Stray into Bawdiness
From: MAG (inactive)
Date: 18 Jul 99 - 06:44 PM

The used furniture store chair frame is a THINLY veiled cover for "If'n I caint sell it... " Great song.

I'm going to dig out my Memphis Minnie CD. She used that "ashes hauled" line in one, but it gets better. Let's see ...

Subject: RE: Occasional Stray into Bawdiness
From: WyoWoman
Date: 18 Jul 99 - 06:36 PM

See my "Hot Little Cookie" thread for one of my favorite sexual metaphor songs. The blues are especially full of such metaphor -- or maybe I just don't know enough of the trad songs to recognize it. Anyone heard the old blues song, "If I Can't Sell It, Gonna Keep Sittin' On It (I Ain't Gonna Give THIS Good Stuff Away...)" -- She's *actually* talking about a chair. Very funny stuff.

WW

Subject: RE: Occasional Stray into Bawdiness
From: Big Mick
Date: 18 Jul 99 - 06:11 PM

The name escapes me, ( I should be shot ) but something like the locksmith blues. "You got the lock, I am the key" or something like that. Guess I ought to check the DT for the lyrics.

Mick

Subject: RE: Occasional Stray into Bawdiness
From: Susanne (skw)
Date: 18 Jul 99 - 05:48 PM

For another lovely single entendre song see http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=6962&messages=40#42320
(Sorry about the blue clicky etc.)

<a href=http://www.mudcat.org/>Click here</a>

Subject: RE: Occasional Stray into Bawdiness
From: The Shambles
Date: 18 Jul 99 - 05:24 PM

GOSH!!!

Subject: Lyr Add: CIGARETTE BLUES (from Roy Book Binder)
From: katlaughing
Date: 18 Jul 99 - 04:55 PM

I like Roy Book Binder's rendition of "Cigarette Blues". I've put *** where he just uses music, instead of the words which would really spell it out, so to speak:-)The tape I have is called "Bookeroo!", 1988, Rounder Records. There's some great dobro on it by Jerry Douglas.

CIGARETTE BLUES

Since I'm out here, baby, course I'm all alone,
I haven't got me nobody just to carry my smoking on
Woncha just smoke my cigarette baby, smoke it all night long
Roll my cigarette baby, 'til you make my good ole' ashes *****

Going up the country, git my ashes hauled
Women round this part of town gonna let my ashes fall
Woncha just smoke my cigarette baby, smoke 'em all night long
Roll my cigarette baby, until you make my good ole ashes *****

Going up the country, get my ham bone boiled
Women in this part of town, gonna let my ham bone spoil
Woncha just smoke my cigarette baby, smoke it all night long
Roll my cigarette baby, til you make my ....*****

One thing that I want you to know before I leave from home
No my cigarette ain't too big, no it ain't too ****
Won't you just smoke my cigarette baby, smoke it all night long
Roll my cigarette baby...........

Subject: RE: Occasional Stray into Bawdiness
From: WyoWoman
Date: 18 Jul 99 - 03:42 PM

Single entendre! I love it!

WW

Subject: Occasional Stray into Bawdiness
From: MAG (inactive)
Date: 18 Jul 99 - 03:36 PM

OK, I'm all for this! In fact, I'm ready to jump right in, headfirst, deep end!

I like "Queen Eleanor's Confession," requires i female and 2 male singers. great fun. Takes work, bt worth it.

I also just Got Geoff Muldaur's CD, which has the the (in)famous line, "Ain't your kitchen lonely, Now your biscuitroller's gone?" As the liner notes say, single entendre (Tho' that's not the song he meant.)

Down with repression!

MA