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06 Jun 00 - 04:52 AM (#238839) Subject: Don't tell mama I'm a guitar player From: Fiddlin' Big Al Had a request in 1984 that still haunts me. A fellow I met asked if I knew a song which he had once heard with the line or title "Don't tell mama I'm a guitar picker (or player), she thinks that I'm in jail." Several attempts at using my psychotic powers to write a new song around the idea succeeded - almost. Someone out there may know this one. If not, I'll keep writin'. |
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06 Jun 00 - 05:10 AM (#238842) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Don't tell mama I'm a guitar player From: Brendy I've been looking around. Zilch. Is it a Country song? B. |
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06 Jun 00 - 06:26 PM (#239100) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Don't tell mama I'm a guitar player From: Fiddlin' Big Al origin unknown ... could be c&w - or a product of the fevered brain of my friend Ray, a demented retired San Diego cop. Song lyric false memory syndrome. Hope not. Thanks. |
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06 Jun 00 - 07:32 PM (#239122) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Don't tell mama I'm a guitar player From: ddw Sounds to me like something by either David Alan Coe or Steve Goodman. Sorry, other than that I have no idea.
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30 Mar 03 - 10:49 PM (#922213) Subject: Lyr Add: DON'T TELL MAMA (Brian Burns) From: Jim Dixon Lyrics copied from http://www.brianburnsmusic.com/ao_song_06.htm DON'T TELL MAMA (Brian Burns, © 1999 – Brian Burns Music, BMI) I was talking to a crusty old drunk in Ft. Worth one night and I asked him what he did for a living. "I'm an oilfield worker," he replied, "but don't tell my mama, she thinks I play piano in a whorehouse." I knew there was a Brian Burns song in there somewhere. The truth about my mother is that she never failed to encourage and support my "music habit," and that's the one and only reason I stayed out of jail (well, most of the time). CHORUS: Don't tell Mama I'm a guitar picker. She thinks I'm just in jail. I been dreaming up lines and ringing up rhymes And raising all kinds of hell. Break Mama's heart if she saw me singing With my hair in a ponytail, So don't tell Mama I'm a guitar picker. She thinks I'm just in jail. I used to be a good ol' boy, A clean cut kid, Mama's pride and joy, Never stayed out late, never raised no kinda Cain. Then I bought me an old guitar And started out picking in a smoky bar. If Mama finds out I've gone this far, She'll be hanging her head in shame, so-- CHORUS Mama loves her youngest son, But if she ever saw me on stage with Gary P. Nunn, She'd be plowing up my corn with a double shovel. But I love those neon lights, And those sexy, sultry Texas nights. If Mama finds out what I'm doing with my life, Good God, there's gonna be trouble, so-- CHORUS |
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30 Mar 03 - 10:52 PM (#922214) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Don't Tell Mama I'm a Guitar Picker From: Jim Dixon Interesting that Fiddlin' Big Al said he got the request in 1984, but the song is copyright 1999. Is there more than one song out there with the same theme? |
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31 Mar 03 - 12:28 AM (#922239) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Don't Tell Mama I'm a Guitar Picker From: open mike i've seen this bumper sticker on a fire fighter's car: " don't tell my mama I'm working at the fire house, she thinks I play piano in a whorehouse." I am glad momma has such a high opinion of musicians! |
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18 Dec 04 - 01:05 AM (#1360221) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Don't Tell Mama I'm a Guitar Picker From: GUEST,riverboat annie anyone have the Bill Caswell version? |
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18 Dec 04 - 05:19 AM (#1360285) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Don't Tell Mama I'm a Guitar Picker From: alanabit It is a great title and a great song. It reminds me of a similar line we buskers used variations of when we were working crowds. My version was to say, "No photos please! Oh well - if you must.. but don't send one to my Mum. She doesn't know I do this for a living. I told her that I just sell drugs to children!" |
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18 May 10 - 01:58 PM (#2909332) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Don't Tell Mama (Brian Burns) From: GUEST,gmurphy Bill caswell did a song on Austin City Limits John Prine and friends songwriters showcase. I can't find a copy of it or the lyrics, but I have a cassette I made of the show. |