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22 Aug 08 - 07:31 PM (#2420380) Subject: Lyr Req: Rattle Snakin' Daddy From: topical tom Many years ago my mother really loved to hear Hawkshaw Hawkins sing "Rattle Snakin' Daddy" on the WWVA Jamboree.I can't seem to find the lyrics.No doubt someone on Mudcat can find the lyrics.He was my mother's favourite singer at the time. |
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22 Aug 08 - 07:40 PM (#2420386) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Rattle Snakin' Daddy From: Melissa Everly Brothers (I think) are on YouTube with it. |
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22 Aug 08 - 07:43 PM (#2420388) Subject: Lyr Add: RATTLESNAKIN' DADDY (Hankshaw Hawkins) From: Melissa RATTLESNAKIN' DADDY (Taylor) HAWKSHAW HAWKINS (KING 944, 1951) I'm a rattlesnakin' daddy I rattle everywhere I please I'm a rattlesnake daddy I rattle where ever I please Now, when you hear me rattle You better get down on your knees, oh Lord I rattled last night and the night before Got up this morning, wanted to rattle some more 'Cause I'm a rattlesnake daddy from Tennessee Now, when you hear me rattle You better get down on your knees, oh Lord I rattle down in Georgia I rattle down in New Orleans I rattle down in Georgia I rattle down in New Orleans Now, when you hear me rattle You better get down on your knees, oh Lord When I throw my rattles across my back Look out baby, you better clear the track 'Cause I'm a rattlesnake daddy from Tennessee Now, when you hear me rattle You better get down on your knees, oh Lord from http://www.rockabillyeurope.com/lyrics3/r0154.htm |
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22 Aug 08 - 07:57 PM (#2420396) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Rattle Snakin' Daddy From: topical tom Thanks, Melissa! That is exactly the song!I simply couldn't recall all the lyrics. |
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22 Aug 08 - 08:08 PM (#2420399) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Rattle Snakin' Daddy From: Melissa I don't think I ever knew the Georgia/New Orleans verse..so it turned out to be a bonus for me too. |
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22 Aug 08 - 08:35 PM (#2420415) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Rattle Snakin' Daddy From: topical tom One can always learn something on Mudcat.It's great! |