Posted by tomw on February 9, 2004, 5:21 pm, in reply to "Re: Lemon Jefferson's Wartime Blues" --Previous Message--
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...plus, would there be opportunity to discuss the various quaint and regional expressions/idioms and their origins/meanings ... i.e. it helps to know 'catch the Katie' means catching a specific train...
: See recent CD Blind Lemon Jefferson:
: "Long Lonesome Blues: Lemon's Texts
: Revealed" from Arbiter Records , on
: which I provided some suggestions on the
: lyrics. Here's what I hear for those two
: parts:
: If I could shine my light like a headlight on
: some train
: I would shine my light in Colorado Springs
: I'm going to the river, gonna walk it up and
: down
: If I don't find ??? (no idea on this part)
: What do people think of this idea I've been
: thinking about? I'd like to put on my
: website a section containing my take on the
: lyrics of alot of blues from the 1920s and
: 1930s. It wouldn't be done in slavish
: chronological order, but perhaps I'd post a
: combination of what I'm most interested in
: and some of what people request. So often
: these lyrics either misunderstood or not
: understood at all.
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: I've been having trouble trying to figure
: out
: a few of the lyrics to Wartime Blues. Like
: "...If I could shine like a headlight on
: some train, I'd shine my light
: and...?..." And "...I'm going to
: the river walking up and down I don't
: find...?... I'm going to jump overboard and
: drown." Any idea what he might be saying
: there? Thanks.
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