Posted by Ari Eisinger on February 9, 2004, 6:47 pm, in reply to "Re: Lemon Jefferson's Wartime Blues" --Previous Message--
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I think that part is three syllables, so Classie wouldn't match. It sounds a little like partita, but certainly isn't.
: : I think the "??? (no idea on this
: part)" might be "Classie,"
: (pronounced cluh-SEE) which was Lemon's mom's
: name (Classie Banks).
: So the lyric would be "If I don't find
: cluh-SEE I'm gonna jump overboard and
: drown."
: This lyric is found elsewhere as "...if
: I don't find my baby I'm gonna..." So
: maybe it's one of those kind of things.
:
: --Previous Message--
: 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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