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Lyr Req: Diggin my potatoes, Tramplin on my vine

04 Jul 97 - 09:49 PM (#8060)
Subject: Diggin my potatoes, Tramplin on my vine
From: Clifford

So who knows the rest of (or anything about) this:

I walked up to the window just to see what I could see

Saw a man was in my bed and I know'd it wasn't me

Well someone's diggin my potatoes, tramplin on my vine

But I got this easy feeling, going gentle on my mind.


15 Jul 97 - 01:50 PM (#8718)
Subject: RE: Diggin my potatoes, Tramplin on my vine
From: Bert Hansell

I rememeber back in the early fifties Lonnie Donnegan made a recording of Diggin my potatoes along with Chris Barber's Jazz band.
I only remember snatches...

I wanna tell you boy
Leave my girl alone
Ain't nothin in the street boy
She can't follow home
Diggin my potatoes, Something on my mind

My potatoes white,
My potatoes red
I love my baby ???????
but I love her best in bed.

That's all this faded memory can recover
Bert.


15 Jul 97 - 05:11 PM (#8739)
Subject: RE: Diggin my potatoes, Tramplin on my vine
From: Geoff

Digin My Potatoes (in the days of the 78) was the B side of Lonnie Donegan's chart topping "Rock Island Line'.

It was then re released on an EP.

However I am unaware that it has since been re.released since that time.

Both of the above were on the English DECCA label. The number of the EP.was DFE 6345.