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31 Aug 14 - 12:04 PM (#3655559) Subject: Lyr Req: Charley Patton: Running Wild Blues From: GUEST,Hennessy I've been getting back into Charley Patton recently and remembered a song I've always loved, Running Wild Blues. I can't for the life of me understand what old Charley is saying in the poor recording I have of it. It sounds like something along the lines: "My mighty boy, he's running wild, running wild, he's all I need". Any clarifications would be greatly appreciated! |
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31 Aug 14 - 01:13 PM (#3655582) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Charley Patton: Running Wild Blues From: GUEST,# mighty boy, he's running wild, running wild, just as is. That should lead to The Devil's Music: A History of the Blues. On p 56 of that book are three stanzas of the song and one person's explanation of why the words seem mixed up. I can't cut and paste from Google books or else I'da posted the words. |
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01 Sep 14 - 03:58 AM (#3655750) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Charley Patton: Running Wild Blues From: GUEST,Mike Yates This is the transcript from the Revenant album No. 212 "Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues: The Worlds of Charlie Patton" Chorus: I'm running wild, that mighty boy (girl) That mighty boy (girl), (s)he's running wild He's on my knee, oh, how I grieve That mighty boy, he's running wild He's all night long, she's on my mind That girl of mine, that girl of mine, she's on my (his) mind All night long, my baby gone He's on my mind, that boy of mine He's all I need, it seems to me That mighty girl, mighty girl, she's running wild All night long, Cordelia gone That mighty boy, he's running wild It seems to be, you talkin' to me That mighty girl, she's running wild. There is also the following note: "This is a reduction of the 1923 James P. Johnson-Cecil Mack Broadway hit 'Runnin' Wild, set to a tune that reminds us of the 1921 Prohibition anthem 'How Dry I Am'." The transcript in John Fahey's book "Charlie Patton" has some word differences. (In fact, quite a few differences!) |