Subject: All on account of a Pinball Machine From: pjstreet Date: 22 Nov 97 - 09:56 PM Anyone know the rest of the words to an old, sad c/w/folk song about a hog hauler? I'm an old hog hauler and I drive a big truck, I played the pinball machine till it brought me bad luck. All I ever got on the pinball machine, I got the four cat-e-corners, but I missed the sixteen. My wife she called me up on the telephone, Said "John, I really love you, when will you come home?" "I got a load of hogs and they've got to go; I'll see you when I get back from Chicago." blah, blah. My best friend called me up on the telephone, He said (blah blah). "John, I hate to tell you 'bout your babies and your wife, Pneumonia caught the babies and your wife took her life." |
Subject: RE: All on account of a Pinball Machine From: Gene Date: 22 Nov 97 - 11:58 PM Hi..correct title is PINBALL MACHINE written and recorded by LONNIE IRVING....
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Subject: Lyr Add: PINBALL MACHINE (Lonnie Irving) From: Gene Date: 23 Nov 97 - 01:18 AM Here ya go!
PINBALL MACHINE SPOKEN: This story's about an ex-truck driver I'm an old hog-hauler, I drove a big truck But all I ever made in a pinball machine I wish they'd outlaw them old pinball machines Last time I called my wife on the phone "I've got a load of hogs and they've got to go She says, "John, you know I love you, I wish you wouldn't go The last thing she said and then she hung up I made my trip on to Chicago When I got home my family was gone He said, "John, I guess you wonder about your babies and wife? I lost all my friends, I can't sleep for bad dreams SPOKEN: They tell me John was a clean cut young man at the age of 19
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Subject: RE: All on account of a Pinball Machine From: Gene Date: 02 Dec 97 - 11:25 AM Hi Pat! It's been here waiting on you..... |
Subject: RE: All on account of a Pinball Machine From: Pat Date: 04 Dec 97 - 02:40 PM Thanks, Gene, Thanks for the perseverance in getting these lyrics to me. They brings back memories, for sure. BTW, The last few words, "...and a pinball machine," were sung at the end of that final spoken part. I was sure that the line "It was all on account of a pinball machine" was in there somewhere, but maybe not, after all. |
Subject: RE: All on account of a Pinball Machine From: GUEST Date: 17 Apr 07 - 06:45 PM dec 97, wow thats long ago.. love the song though:P |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Pinball Machine (Lonnie Irving) From: GUEST Date: 23 Jan 08 - 10:57 AM Well I made my trip on to Chicago I was gone three months cause I shot up my doe. When I got home family was gone the best friend I had rung my telephone. He said John I guess your wondering about your baby and wife phenmonia got your baby and your wife took her life. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Pinball Machine (Lonnie Irving) From: GUEST,Gene Date: 24 Jan 08 - 01:24 AM There were several recordings by different artists, so the lyrics you recall may have been from one of those...those above are from the version I have.. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Pinball Machine (Lonnie Irving) From: Mark Ross Date: 24 Jan 08 - 01:54 PM I used to hear Pat Sky do this one 40 years ago. Mark Ross |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Pinball Machine (Lonnie Irving) From: GUEST,hugh Stogner, indiana Date: 24 Nov 09 - 09:34 PM I'm just wondering if anyone can tell me who the musicians were that worked with Lonnie on that recording, especially the banjo player? Where was that song recorded,; was it at King records in Cincinati Oh? |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Pinball Machine (Lonnie Irving) From: catspaw49 Date: 24 Nov 09 - 09:55 PM No help here as the only only version I ever heard was by Patrick Sky. Sorry........... Spaw |
Subject: RE: Pinball Machine session musicians. From: GUEST Date: 18 Dec 09 - 08:17 AM From Allan Hansen in Neyland,Wales U.K. Recorded December 1959 at Martinsville,VA. Musicians: Jim Eanes rh gt,Frank Burres el gt,Arnold Terry rh gt,Allen Shelton banjo,Cliff Ragsdale bass,Roy Russell fiddle. A great record. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Pinball Machine (Lonnie Irving) From: GUEST,Misty Date: 11 Oct 10 - 12:53 AM You definitely took the words right out of my mouth Pat. My dad was a truck driver and i use to go on the truck with him all the time and this song was one of our favorites to listen to all the time. I loved going on the truck with him and I loved this song and stil love this song. My dad has been gone almost 11 years now and this song really hits the heart. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Pinball Machine (Lonnie Irving) From: GUEST,Suibhne Astray Date: 11 Oct 10 - 03:20 AM The Fall did a cover back in the 1980s: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJtieLG_BwI |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Pinball Machine (Lonnie Irving) From: GUEST,Michael Salyer Date: 09 Mar 11 - 11:59 AM I'm an ole tanker yanker but this song always struck a cord with me for some reason. Lonnie was a great singer, and from what I understand, a great truck driver too. It's to bad we lost him at such an early age. If memory serves me correctly, he was only 27 when he past in 1962. Such a shame, I feel he so much more left in him to offer in the way of great recordings. He is sorely missed. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Pinball Machine (Lonnie Irving) From: Jim Dixon Date: 14 Mar 11 - 10:45 AM You can hear Lonnie Irving sing PINBALL MACHINE at YouTube. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Pinball Machine (Lonnie Irving) From: Van Date: 14 Mar 11 - 03:12 PM Anyone who liked playing pinbaal (I use liked as they are hard to find on the south coast might be interested in the Pinball Museum, Ramsgate, Kent, UK. They have quite a collecction of machines and you can buy change and play them. Great fun for the older members of our community ;0) |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Pinball Machine (Lonnie Irving) From: GUEST,Arvadadan Date: 01 Jan 12 - 01:50 PM I swear the middle of the pinball field was 13 not 16. I was 16 working in a diner and this was on the juke box. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Pinball Machine (Lonnie Irving) From: GUEST,R Burroughs Date: 10 Sep 12 - 10:01 PM My Dad played the electric guitar on this record. His name is spelled incorrectly, but it is Frank Burroughs. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Pinball Machine (Lonnie Irving) From: GUEST,raymond Date: 27 Apr 13 - 09:56 PM just me ray...I have played this on guitat and using my made up chords. I wish I knew the original chords. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Pinball Machine (Lonnie Irving) From: GUEST,will haile Date: 15 Oct 17 - 07:07 PM I play it in key of C.. seems to work good CF CG F.. come around to C.. mix in some two string power cords some single string notes go down to low bass then back up |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Pinball Machine (Lonnie Irving) From: Mrrzy Date: 18 Oct 17 - 02:48 PM Well THIS is a lot more depressing than the song I thought it would be, sung jauntingly by a woman, about "but he racked up 50,000 on the pinball machine" ! Excellent ballad, this one, though. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Pinball Machine (Lonnie Irving) From: GUEST,Brian Cooper Date: 17 Apr 18 - 02:38 PM My favorite group, The Fall did a cover of this song in 1989. I just heard Lonnie's original today. The Fall has covered quite a number of old songs, usually in a way that sounds nothing like the original, even changing the lyrics. But this one sounds to me very faithful to the original. I'd be curious to see what Lonnie's fans think. I won't include a link but it's easy to find on youtube-- "The Fall Pinball Machine" |
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