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Lyr Add: Worried Blues (Frank Hutchison) DigiTrad: WORRIED BLUES Related threads: Lyr ADD: Worried Life Blues/Worried Mind Blues (8) a line from 'The Worried Blues' (5) Help: Worried Blues (11)
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Worried Blues (Frank Hutchison) From: GUEST,P. K. Jones Date: 14 Feb 12 - 04:36 PM Is this song public domain? |
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Worried Blues From: GUEST,bluesinfo Date: 09 Aug 10 - 01:21 PM I love 'your' honey |
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Worried Blues From: ddw Date: 21 Dec 99 - 11:45 PM Stewie, It's been a long time since I last heard this — and my memory does tend to get fuzzy, so take it with a grain of salt — but I thought that line was "And if I go away, they sure gonna have my room." If anybody with better ears than mine can tell me what it REALLY is, I'd be grateful too. david |
Subject: Lyr Add: WORRIED BLUES (Frank Hutchison)^^ From: Stewie Date: 21 Dec 99 - 11:37 PM The thread on Dylan's 'Worried Blues' reminded me of a fine blues of the same title by an excellent old-timey blues singer from West Virginia – Frank Hutchison. As with many of his blues, Frank got 'Worried Blues' from a disabled black singer-guitarist named Bill Hunt. Perhaps more than those of any other white singer-guitarist, Hutchison's recordings reflect the interraction that occurred between black and white musicians in West Virginia. This was the first of 2 recordings at Hutchison's debut session in New York on 28 September 1926 – the other was his more famous 'Train that carried my girl from town'. He recorded both songs again in St Louis on 29 April 1927. The following is my transcription of the song. I believe it's pretty well correct except for third line of the penultimate verse. At first I thought it might be 'goodbye cruel world', but it's not that. Can someone supply the correct text for the line? The complete recorded works of Hutchison are available on the Document label. They are unreservedly recommended; he was a great and sadly neglected singer-guitarist. WORRIED BLUES
I've got the worried blues, got no heart to cry
Some people say the worried blues not bad
They'll make you b'lieve world is upside down
When you got the blues, you can't eat nor sleep
Dreamt last night, lyin' all back in bed
That woman I love she's done dead and gone
Went to the graveyard looked in a woman's face
Take my chair to the river, boys, and I'll sit down
I woke up this morning, freight train on my mind
Gonna leave this country, sure gonna leave it soon
When I leave here, hang crepe on your door Source: Frank Hutchison 'Worried Blues' OK 45064. Recorded New York City 25 September 1926. Reissued on Frank Hutchison 'Complete Recorded Works Vol 1 1926-1929' Document DOCD-8003.
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