13 Dec 02 - 10:40 AM (#846660) Subject: Lyr. Req: Altanta Blues From: Richie Does anyone have W.C. Handy's "Atlanta Blues" lyrics, I believe the lyrics are by Dave Elman? Song is best known as, "Make me a Pallet on Your Floor." Also looking for Leake County Revelers version or Stripling Brothers version. Richie |
13 Dec 02 - 10:51 AM (#846671) Subject: Lyr Add: MAKE ME A PALLET ON YOUR FLOOR From: MMario this one? as sung by Sandy Denny Make me a pallet on your floor Make me a pallet on your floor Make it soft, make it low, so your woman don't know Make me a pallet on your floor. Come all you good time friends of mine, Come all you good time friends of mine. When I had ten dollars, you treated me so fine Where were you when I only had a dime. Come on and make me a pallet on your floor Make me a pallet on your floor Make it soft, make it low, so your woman don't know Make me a pallet on your floor. I'll be more than satisfied, If I could catch one train to ride But if I reach Atlanta with no place to go, Please make me a pallet on your floor Make me a pallet on your floor Make me a pallet on your floor Make it soft, make it low, so your woman don't know Make me a pallet on your floor. I'm gonna make you a red-hot meal Gonna make you a red-hot meal To show you I appreciate all that you have done When you make me a pallet on your floor. Come on and make me a pallet on your floor Make me a pallet on your floor Make it soft, make it low, so your woman don't know Make me a pallet on your floor. |
13 Dec 02 - 10:51 AM (#846672) Subject: RE: Lyr. Req: Altanta Blues From: Sorcha I found part of the Handy, and Sandy Denny, Bob Dylan, Jack McGann The Cumberland Triop |
13 Dec 02 - 11:19 AM (#846690) Subject: Lyr Add: ATLANTA BLUES From: masato sakurai ATLANTA BLUES (Make Me One Pallet on Your Floor) By WC. Handy and Dave Elman (Verse 1) Up at Five Points talking Daddy an' me, Just him an' me, Just one square away from old Peach tree, Peach tree. Possession's nine points of the law it used to be, It used to be, Five and nine are Fourteen points, and yet they took my man from me (Verse 2) In Atlanta, six long months to do the grind, The Georgia grind, Wonder if he's missing all he left behind, Left behind. For when I left him I said, Daddy I am through, I'm through with you, Now the name Atlanta makes me feel so blue, I'm feeling blue. (Chorus 1) I know that I'd be satisfied, If I could grab a train and ride, If I make Atlanta with no place to go Just make me one pallet on your floor. (Chorus 2) Give ev'rybody my regards Comin' if I have to ride the rods, I'll grab me an armful of train before you know So make me one pallet on your floor (PATTER) Auburn avenue is where I'll go to lose Those A-T-at AT-L-A-N-T-A Blues. Atlanta Blues. From: Blues: An Anthology, edited by W.C. Handy (1926; 1946; Macmillan, 1972, p. 190-192; with music) ~Masato |
13 Dec 02 - 08:21 PM (#847040) Subject: RE: Lyr. Req: Altanta Blues From: Stewie Richie The Leake County Revelers' version is an intrumental with occasional vocalising of the lines 'Make me a pallet right at your door' or 'Make me a pallet down on your floor' - it is titled 'Make Me a Bed on the Floor'. The Stripling Brothers' is strictly instrumental - titled 'Pallet on the Floor'. These are reissued on Document DOCD-8029 and DOCD-8008 respectively. Stewie. |
13 Dec 02 - 10:14 PM (#847114) Subject: RE: Lyr. Req: Altanta Blues From: CraigS I think those lyrics from Sandy Denny are from Mississippi John Hurt's version. |
13 Dec 02 - 10:54 PM (#847134) Subject: Lyr Add: MAKE ME A PALLET ON YOUR FLOOR (John Hurt From: Richie Thanks Masato and all, that's what I was looking for. Thanks Stewie for the info about the other two, nothing I need to pursue. Do you think Handy wrote it or just collected it, arranged it and gave it new life? Here is Mississippi John Hurt's version. Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor: Mississippi John Hurt Make me a *pallet on your floor Make me a pallet on your floor Make it soft, make it low, so my good gal will never know Make me a pallet on your floor I'd be more than satisfied, if I could reach that train and ride If I reach Atlanta with no place to go, Make me a pallet on your floor Gonna give everybody my regards, even if I have to ride the rods If I reach Atlanta with no place to go, make me pallet on your floor *Pallet, a straw-filled tick or mattress or a small, hard, or temporary bed. Notes: From Harry's Blues On-line |
14 Dec 02 - 02:53 AM (#847191) Subject: Lyr Add: LOST JOHNNY From: Stewie LOST JOHNNY Oh, I wonder where my lost Johnny's gone (x3) Oh, he's gone to that new railroad He's gone to that new railroad Go make me a pallet on the floor (x3) Believe I will eat morphine and die Believe I will eat morphine and die I'll go if I have to ride the rail (x3) To the road where my Johnny is To the road where my Johnny is Source: collected by Harvey H. Fuson from Mrs Ethel Edwards. In Fuson 'Ballads of the Kentucky Highlands' London 1931 p 151. Reprinted in Duncan Emrich 'American Folk Poetry' Little Brown 1974 p 665. --Stewie. |
16 Dec 02 - 12:17 AM (#848093) Subject: RE: Lyr. Req: Altanta Blues From: Richie Does anyone know if "Ain't No Tellin'" by Mississippi John Hurt is the same song as "Make Me A Pallet"? I found one version that combines the lyrics of "Ain't No tellin'" with other "Make Me A Pallet" songs. -Richie |