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07 Feb 03 - 07:23 AM (#884675) Subject: Lyr Req: I Wish I was in Alabam' From: harpgirl Does anyone have the lyrics to this song from Vance Randolf's collection of bawdy unprintable songs? |
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07 Feb 03 - 10:09 AM (#884762) Subject: Lyr Add: I WISH I WAS IN ALABAM' (from V Randolph) From: Charley Noble Harpgirl- It's on pp 322-323 of Volume I,ROLL ME IN YOUR ARMS, with about 2 verses, four alternate versions, and two pages of notes. I'd hate to post the verses without the notes, and with the notes it's too much work. The initial version runs: I wish I was in Alabam', A-sittin' on a rail, My old patootie in my hand, An' a yallar gal by the tail. I wish I had a lariat rope As long as I could throw, I'd throw it 'round Miss Lucy's ass, An' down the river we'd go. Tune is essentially "Old Joe Clark." Cheerily, Charley Noble |
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08 Feb 03 - 01:24 AM (#885329) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I Wish I was in Alabam' From: harpgirl ..so what's the rest of it Charley? |
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09 Feb 03 - 10:52 AM (#886058) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I Wish I was in Alabam' From: Charley Noble Harpgirl- Here are some other verses and verse variations collected by Randolph as you requested: I wish I was in Arkansaw, Sitting on a rail, Sweet potato in my hand, And a possum by the tail. I wish I was in Tennessee A-sittin' in my chair, One arm 'round a whiskey keg, 'Tother 'round my dear. Randolph then tracks the song back to an 1815 song entitled "The Pitman's Lovesong": Aw wish my love she was a grey ewe, Grazing by yonder river side, Ans aw myself a bonny black tup (ram): O, on that ewie how aw wad ride. Aw wish my love was a ripe turd, Smoking doon in yon dyke side, And aw myself was a shitten flee; Aw'd sook (suck) her all up before she was dried. Well, enough of this old love song! Cheerily, Charley Noble |