Posted by Greg
on October 19, 2008, 11:07 am, in reply to "Re: Geechie Wiley (Greatest female blues singer) (2 messages!)"
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The November 2008 issue of Harper's Magazine has an article titled "Unknown Bards" by John Jeremiah Sullivan.
He also thinks that phrase is "bolted meal" (finely sifted grain). He describes a series of a phone conversations with John Fahey who first disagreed but, after checking around, agreed it was a reasonable conclusion ("It's a Civil War thing").
Aso, ".. Lord, blessed daughter, ...", according to Fahey.
-greg
--Previous Message--
: > if i don't bring you flour, i'll bring
: you
: > malted meal"
:
: My friend Frank thinks it's "bolted
: meal". I'll defer to him for the
: explanation.
:
: also, and this one's tricky:
: > "my momma told me just before she
: died
: > lord, that pit there daughter, i dug it
: deep
: >and wide"
:
: I don't have the recording with me right
: now, but I remember this as being roughly
:
: "said [...] daughter, don't you be so
: wild."
:
:
: --Previous Message--
: thanks for this. it's hard to underestimate
: the sway this song has on me.
:
: i have a couple lyric suggestions; take them
: for what they're worth.
:
: "when you see me comin' look 'cross the
: rich man field
:
: if i don't bring you flour, i'll bring you
: malted meal"
:
: also, and this one's tricky:
: "my momma told me just before she died
:
: lord, that pit there daughter, i dug it deep
: and wide"
:
: hope i've at least provided food for
: thought, if not he buzzards.
:
: tom maxwell
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