Lyr Req: Rag Mama (from Tom Rush)

29 Sep 99 - 11:06 AM (#118848)
Subject: Rag Mama
From: Jeff

Looking for lyrics to song titled (I believe) "Rag Mama". Was recorded by Tom Rush -- I don't know when or which album.

Includes:

"Goin' downtown with my hat in my hand Lookin' for a woman ain't got no man Lookin for a woman ain't got no man Is like lookin' for a neelde tha's lost in the sand Rag Mama do that rag.

Any help would be appreciated

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29 Sep 99 - 07:41 PM (#119104)
Subject: Lyr Add: RAG MAMA (from Jim Kweskin)
From: Tony Burns

Here's how I transcribed it from Jim Kweskin and the Jug Band.

Rag Mama

I'm goin' down town with my hat in my hand
Looking for a woman ain't got no man
Might as well be looking for a needle in the sand
Looking for a woman ain't got no man

Well, dee dee dum deele de dum Rag Mama
Come on baby let's do that rag

Now, you get one woman you better get two
One for your buddy and one for you
You better get a wife and a sweet heart too
Wife don't love you but the sweet heart do

Chorus ...

I never thought my gal would treat me so
Love her many and I'm out that door
Now come on Mama what you know
You're gonna reap just what you sow

Chorus ...

Say my gal with a man she as holding his hand
Had a pistol in my pocket black jack in my bag
Run outside with a half a brick
Sayin' I'm gonna get that so-and-so

Chorus ...

Scat verse to end
Rag Mama, come on baby let's do that rag.

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29 Sep 99 - 09:22 PM (#119143)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Rag Mama
From: Stewie

If you want the Tom Rush reference, it was originally on 'Blues Songs and Ballads' (Prestige 7374). It has been reissued on a CD of the same title that also contains the LP 'Got a Mind to Ramble'. The CD is on the UK label Big Beat - CDWIK 948. Great value!

The song is also on the recent reissue by Vanguard, Jim Kweskin and The Jug Band 'Acoustic Swing & Jug' - Vanguard 79521-2. This is far superior in sound quality to an earlier CD of Kweskin's music issued by Vanguard as 'Greatest Hits' and covering much the same ground.

Regards, Stewie.

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03 Oct 99 - 11:53 PM (#120384)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Rag Mama
From: Jeff

Thanks Tony and Stewie for the information. It is much appreciated.

Jeff

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