Lyr Add: DOWN THE LINE (Gail Gardner)

Subject: DOWN THE LINE (Gail Gardner)
From: Dicho (Frank Staplin)
Date: 11 Oct 01 - 08:13 PM

An old cowboy song by Gail Gardner. According to Katie Lee, he used to sing it, but I haven't heard it sung. Not to be confused with the labor song, Buddy ...

DOWN THE LINE (Cowboy)

First ya ring the bell, an' then you ask for Anna,
Then ya put a nickle in the Bell piana.
Down comes Anna in a silk Kee-mona,
All dressed up in perfume and kee-lona.
Then ya pay two dollars for the music that ya hear.
They ya pay two dollars for a lousy bottle of beer.
And then ya pay two dollars for a couple weeks of fear.
Down the line...Down the line.

You go to the doctor, still thinkin' of your Anna,
To see what's the matter with your banana.
He sez, "Ya got a simple case of the gonorrhear!"
They ya pay twenty dollars for your first examination,
Then ya pay thirty dollars for a course of cauterization.
Then ya pay ninety dollars for complete emancipation,
Down the Line...Down the line.

Ten Thousand Goddam Cattle, by Katie Lee. The song goes well with the four Charlie Russell watercolors: Just a Little Sunshine, Just a Little Rain, Just a Little Pleasure, Just a Little Pain.

@cowboy
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