To: Ralph Butts re Van Ronk

Subject: To: Ralph Butts re Van Ronk
From: David Martin
Date: 27 Jun 97 - 11:05 AM

Dear Ralph,

Thanks for the lyrics. One question, re the 2nd verse. I thought it was, "ever dream you wake up cold in HAND", rather than hell. It would fit the rhyme scheme. But maybe you're right. Any thoughts?

Subject: RE: To: Ralph Butts re Van Ronk
From: Ralph Butts
Date: 27 Jun 97 - 01:13 PM

David.......It's one of those things - how many times can you listen to it before you're sure? It's just my reading.

However, I'll be seeing Dave in September, and I'll ask him......Tiger

Subject: RE: To: Ralph Butts re Van Ronk
From: Easy Rider
Date: 16 Jun 04 - 01:56 PM

YES the lyric is "cold in hand". It's an old superstition, that, if you

"wake up cold in hand,
that's a sure sign, baby,
your woman's got another man".

It's not an idea DVR invented. It's part of the tradition the Blues comes from. If you wake up cold in hand, you must have had a bad dream!

Subject: RE: To: Ralph Butts re Van Ronk
From: Amos
Date: 16 Jun 04 - 03:09 PM

And we aren't going to discuss why one would wake up in that condition....

Subject: RE: To: Ralph Butts re Van Ronk
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 16 Jun 04 - 08:17 PM

I always thought callin' in hell

Subject: RE: To: Ralph Butts re Van Ronk
From: Amos
Date: 16 Jun 04 - 08:33 PM

No, it is not a superstition, exactly, more of a ground-truth observation. Don't make me spell it out for you.

A