Subject: Cocaine Blues From: cal@vs1.invsn.com Date: 22 Jan 97 - 05:20 PM I remember this much but I would like to have all the words/ Early one morning while making the rounds, I took a shot of Cocaine an I shot my woman down. can anyone help me with the words??? Thanks .... Cal |
Subject: Lyr Add: COCAINE BLUES (from George Thorogood) From: Bo Vandenberg Date: 24 Jan 97 - 11:43 AM COCAINE BLUES As recorded by George Thorogood and the Destroyers on "Move It On Over" (1978)
Early one mornin' while makin' the rounds,
Woke up the next mornin' and I grabbed that gun.
Takin' the high joint, takin' the pill,
"Yes, oh, yes, my name is Willie Lee.
When I was arrested, I was dressed in black.
Early next mornin' 'round half-past nine,
Into the courtroom my trial began,
In about five minutes, in walked a man
The judge he smiled when he picked up his pen.
Come all you hot heads and listen unto me. |
Subject: RE: Cocaine Blues From: Jerry Friedman, jfriedman@nnm.cc.nm.us Date: 27 Jan 97 - 12:02 AM That Mexican city is Juarez (in full, Ciudad Juarez). |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Cocaine Blues From: Jim Dixon Date: 14 Dec 06 - 05:42 AM There are several different songs with the title COCAINE BLUES. T. J. "Red" Arnall wrote the one posted above. Johnny Cash recorded it at Folsom Prison, and his recording appears on many compilations. Joaquin Phoenix sang it on the soundtrack of the film "Walk the Line." Others who recorded it are George Thorogood & the Destroyers, Hank Thompson, Hank Williams III, Roy Hogsed, and a few others. This info from Allmusic.com |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Cocaine Blues From: GUEST,Hootenanny Date: 14 Dec 06 - 05:51 AM That Thorogood version above looks like a take off from Woody Guthrie's Bad Lee Brown, recorded earlier by Tom 'Clarence' Ashley if I recall correctly: It was late last night when I made my round I met my woman and I blowed her down I went back home and got into bed Put that 44 pistol up under my head Early next morning by the rising sun I got up and I made my run I made a run but I run too slow A man overtook me down in Jericho etc etc etc |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Cocaine Blues From: Richie Date: 14 Dec 06 - 06:31 AM Usually this version is known as Little Sadie. There are several threads in the DT. Richie |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Cocaine Blues From: GUEST,dwditty Date: 14 Dec 06 - 11:26 AM The must be hundreds of verses, and feel free to make up some more. I always liked this from Dave Van Ronk Went to bed last night, singin' a song Woke up this mornin' and my nose was gone (Oh well, guess you can't have everything) or There is no problem so great That you can't run away from it (oh yeah) |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Cocaine Blues From: Tom Hamilton frae Saltcoats Scotland Date: 14 Dec 06 - 11:43 AM NOT TO BE SNIFFED AT |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Cocaine Blues From: GUEST,TEB Date: 19 Jan 07 - 11:11 PM Congratulations for Thorogood popularizing some good old blues tunes. I knew the "Cocaine Blues" first from about 20 years ago introduced to me by a George Thorogood Album. I used to sing it but could not remember the lyrics so I looked on line so I could sing it again (I just moved to Austin and only know a little semi-country songs and thought this would be a good one since I sing Low Bass voice mainly). Thanks for the refresher. I wanted to respond to the thread I got from my search on "Early one morning while making the rounds..." I got back a hit that said something like "I don't know if George Thorogood wrote this". I recently realized Johnny Cash did this song too (as I said - not in to country) I just wanted to clarify that years ago, if memory serves, in an interview, when Thorogood was coming up, he was asked about his songs being based on old blues stand-by's. He said ALL of his songs ARE old blues songs and that he DID NOT WRITE ANY of them, explaining that there was so much good old music out there that he did not need to write anything. When asked if he was going to write and perform some originals he replied, that yes, he had written songs but would not play them out untill he could come up with a better song than the Rolling Stone's "Under My Thumb". Trippy, huh? |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Cocaine Blues From: Flash Company Date: 20 Jan 07 - 11:26 AM Cisco Houston did this as either 'Bad Man Ballad' or 'Bad Lee Brown', can't exactly remember which he called it. He was Lee Brown, whatever the title, as in :- He said to me 'I b'lieve your name's Lee Brown, Why you're the dirty hack that shot your woman down! FC |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Cocaine Blues From: GUEST Date: 22 Jan 07 - 10:38 PM http://www.sing365.com/ |
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