Lyr Add: Jingle in My Jeans (Sean Blackburn)

Subject: Lyr Add: JINGLE IN MY JEANS (Sean Blackburn)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 13 Aug 08 - 07:23 PM

A lively western swing tune that deserves to be better known:

JINGLE IN MY JEANS
Sean Blackburn

1. A cowboy goes to town and spends his money 'round
Whenever he gets that jingle in his jeans.
He'll never learn to save; he's gonna squander to his grave
Whenever he gets that jingle in his jeans.
When that jingle starts to jangle, I'd dance like a Bojangle,
Buy the rounds, and wind up feelin' just a little bit mean in the mornin'.
I always go to town and spend my money 'round,
Whenever I get that jingle in my jeans.

2. REPEAT, SUBSTITUTING THESE FOR LINES 5-6:
When there's money in my pocket, I take off like a rocket
For the nearest bar, and spend it foolishly, until it's gone.

3. REPEAT, SUBSTITUTING THESE FOR LINES 5-6:
It's into town we ramble, and we shoot the dice and gamble,
But we never stop till our money's gone.

[As recorded by Sean Blackburn and Liz Masterson on "Swing with the Music" (1991).

[You can hear this song as part of an archived radio program: click to play and then skip to 00:46:45 from the beginning of the segment.

[According to The Sean Blackburn Memorial Web Site, it has also been recorded by The Horse Crazy Cowgirl Band, on "Western Moon" (2007), and by Dave Stamey on "Wheels."]

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Jingle in My Jeans (Sean Blackburn)
From: GUEST,DWR
Date: 13 Aug 08 - 11:39 PM

Thanks for dragging that into my memory, Jim. I figured we probably had a recording in the Ozark Folk Center archives of Sean and Liz doing that song and yes sir, there it was, November 8, 1997 in one of their sets for the 1997 Cowboy Gathering.

Other than the usual extra and/or missing words here and there, the sort of thing that you always find when comparing versions, Sean made only one real departure in the lyrics. In the line For the nearest bar, and spend it foolishly, until it's gone, he sang For the nearest bar, and spend it foolishly on buttermilk and lemonade. No doubt this was a sly local interest joke brought on by the fact that Stone County where Mountain View is located is a dry county.

I am pretty certain we'll be using that on our KFFB at the Ozark Folk Center radio show sometime in the coming weeks. Thanks again.