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19 Aug 99 - 09:45 PM (#106688) Subject: Mobile Texas Line From: Paul Jay It seem that the older I get the "peskyer" these songs become. Words anyone? Paul |
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19 Aug 99 - 10:23 PM (#106697) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Mobile Texas Line From: CarlZen Is this the one that goes, "Come, take a trip baby, Down on the Mobile Line, Hey, Lordy Mama, mama, Hey lordy papa, papa, Hollerin' 'bout the Mobile Line, ????????????? |
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21 Aug 99 - 01:49 AM (#107121) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Mobile Texas Line From: Paul Jay Carl, The one I have starts: Gonna take a trip down, That Mobile, Texas line, Gonna take a trip down, That Mobile, Texas line, You know I want to ask you, You seen that gal of mine? I rode that Central, I rode the L&N (repeat) Those Alabama Women, They look like section Men. *After this point it get hazy. The ole' Grey Matter Ain't what it used to be. Cheers Paul |
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09 Feb 08 - 03:26 AM (#2257502) Subject: Lyr Add: MOBILE-TEXAS LINE From: Jim Dixon According to The Folk Music Index THE MOBILE-TEXAS LINE was written by Leroy Carr and recorded by John Hammond Jr.; Tom Rush; and Papa John Kolstad and Wildman Mike Turk. It also has the alternative title ALABAMA WOMAN BLUES. I found a video on YouTube of Ken Mayall and Jim Bruce, who call themselves the Acoustic Blues Travellers, playing MOBILE-TEXAS LINE. They sing these words: If you ever go down the Mobile-Texas line, Did you ever go down, down the Mobile-Texas line? Well, one thing I gotta ask you, did you see that girl o' mine? I've rode the Central, boys. I've rode the L&M. I rode the Central, boys. I rode the L&M. Well, those Alabama women, they look like Central men. Don't you cry, mama. Your daddy's goin' away. Now, don't you cry, mama. Now your daddy's goin' away. Well, you know I hate to leave, but I'm comin' back one day. Look to the sky, mama, and tell me, what do you see? Look to the sky, mama. Now tell me, what do you see? You see the same old sun, and it's shinin' down on me. So if you ever go down the Mobile-Texas line, If you ever go down, down the Mobile-Texas line, Well, one thing I gotta ask you, did you see that girl o' mine? |
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09 Feb 08 - 06:24 PM (#2258033) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Mobile-Texas Line From: Padre I believe that 'L&M' should be 'L&N' for the Loiusville and Nashville Railroad. The 'Central' would be (given the Mobile reference) the Illinois Central, since the Central Railroad of Georgia does not run to Mobile. Padre |
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09 Feb 08 - 11:47 PM (#2258209) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Mobile-Texas Line From: Jim Dixon You're right about the L&N. I must have been unconsciously thinking of cigarettes! |