Posted by Stuart --Previous Message--
on November 18, 2006, 4:33 pm, in reply to "Re: Blind Willie Johnson's masterpiece God Moves on the Water"
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: This is really a tough one! I've been
: listening to it over and over today without
: success. The first part of the line sounds
: to me like it might be "Name of the
: name", but then I can't figure out what
: the second part ("God in a tin")
: could be that would fit with that. I also
: briefly thought it might be
:
: Named it a name, got him the tin
: Went to the sea, Lord, and poured (put)
: it in.
:
: This fits nicely after the first two lines
: of the verse which I take to be
:
: A.E. Smith, [a] mighty man
: Built a boat that he couldn't
: understand
:
: but "got him the tin" doesn't
: really sound like what he's saying and it
: doesn't fit with the tenor of the lyrics, so
: I don't think that's it either.
:
: I'll keep trying.
:
: Does anyone else have any insight here?
:
: Thanks for your post.
:
:
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: I have just discovered your message board
: while researching Geechie Wiley trying to
: find out a little bit more information on
: her. I went to a "concert in the
: park" in Ventnor on the Isle of
: Wight(UK)in the summer. It was good, but in
: the intervals there was a DJ playing old
: blues songs. He played Last Kind Words
: Blues and, as usual, it blew me away. I
: went to speak to him and to reminisce with
: him about the dark days of the 1970s and 80s
: when you rarely heard a blues song on the
: air never mind in a park in southern
: England.
: Anyway, back to your site: I was impressed
: with the level of expertise among you and
: your readers and it occurred to me as I was
: reading that you might be able to shed some
: light on what Blind Willie Johnson is
: singing about in God Moves on the Water. He
: appears to sing, towards the end, about the
: Titanic: "Named it the name of god in a
: tin". Has anyone any idea what this is
: all about? I'd be very grateful for any
: ideas.
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