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12 Jul 16 - 01:13 AM (#3799895) Subject: 'Railroad Blues' heard by Kay Swift 1916 From: GUEST,Joseph Scott Songwriter Kay Swift, born in 1897, remembered hearing this in New York in 1916: "I got the railroad blues, I got the railroad blues, but I ain't got the railroad fare I got the railroad blues, but I ain't got the railroad fare If my shoes hold out I surely will get there I was standing on the corner, I was standing on the corner, with my shoes and stockings in my hand I was standing on the corner with my shoes and stockings in my hand Looking for a woman who ain't got no man If the river was booze, if the river was booze, and the sea was claret wine If the river was booze and the sea was claret wine I'd get drunk and stay drunk all the time If I should die, if I should die, if I should die in Tennessee If I should go and die in Tennessee Ship my bones, ship 'em C.O.D. If I should die, if I should die, if I should die in Arkansas If I should go and die in Arkansas Ship my bones, ship 'em to my mother-in-law If she don't want 'em, if she don't want 'em, just throw 'em in the sea If she don't want 'em just throw 'em in the sea So she fishes and crabs'll have a mighty good time on me" |
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14 Jul 16 - 08:28 PM (#3800317) Subject: RE: 'Railroad Blues' heard by Kay Swift 1916 From: GUEST,Katharine Weber I am curious to know where you saw or heard Kay Swift on this! |
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15 Jul 16 - 12:58 AM (#3800330) Subject: RE: 'Railroad Blues' heard by Kay Swift 1916 From: GUEST,Joseph Scott Swift (1897-1993) recollection to Sheila Davis, _Craft Of Lyric Writing_ Davis 1985. |