{"id":5140,"date":"2014-03-25T19:56:21","date_gmt":"2014-03-25T19:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/?p=5140"},"modified":"2020-12-29T22:10:12","modified_gmt":"2020-12-29T22:10:12","slug":"r-l-burnside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/?p=5140","title":{"rendered":"r l burnside + Taj Mahal + Floyd Lee"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a4 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/rl-burnside-mn0000389213\/biography\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">R.L. Burnside<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/rl-burnside-mn0000389213\/biography\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0<\/a> \u00a0[1926-2005]<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pw1EAIif7xY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><strong>\u2190R.L.&#8217;s Story<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I had two uncles, two brothers, and my father did get killed in Chicago, that&#8217;s why I don&#8217;t like living there, it&#8217;s too rough a place.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">People, going up down the street shooting, killing peoples, which it done it everywhere but they been doing it\u00a0there a long time you know, and that&#8217;s a sad thing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Well uhh, my brother, he was a doctor, I think he been, I&#8217;m not for sure but I think he been selling, some dope\u00a0to him and he, I reckon quit, and they killed him.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">And my uncle, one of them they killed him, another guy killed him about his wife. He, with his wife, and about\u00a0two years after, he killed him. He, he, stayed with his, lived with his wife.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">And my other uncle, I don&#8217;t know the what reason he got killed, but I know he, got killed and my dad they killed\u00a0him and robbed him, he, he got his, check you know his, and uhh, somebody, ganged up on him and stabbed\u00a0him oh lord dang, twenty-five thirty times. And nobody never went to to jail for it cuz they never found out who\u00a0it was.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ahh, then I was, that was in uhh, uhh, Fifties, yeah cuz I lived there in the Forties, and my uhh, soon as I left\u00a0there, &#8216;bout uhh, eleven months after I left there, my father got killed, then about a week later, my both of my\u00a0brothers got killed the same day. And then uhh, one of my uncles got killed about three months later, and it\u00a0was about, six or eight months &#8216;fore my other uncle got killed; but they all got killed in a year&#8217;s time&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8230;yeah, I&#8217;m glad I, I made it out man.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Yeah both of my brothers got killed the same day.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But uhh, my uncle my daddy got killed, when he drawed some money back you know his, time, and somebody,\u00a0he went out and get him a drink I imagine, the whiskey store not too far from his house. About, a block and a\u00a0half and somebody killed him umm, between there and there before he got there, he was just at the, other side\u00a0of the next house from where he lived but uhh and he killed him there, and took his money.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">And one of my uncles they, the guy, killed him about his wife he caught him there with his wife, and he killed him.<br \/>\nAnd I don&#8217;t know what happened to my other uncle but he got killed you know I don&#8217;t know just what\u00a0happened.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Naw, no, no done nobody ever went to jail, cuz they aint, don&#8217;t know who did nothing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Well uhh, yeah, I share-cropped, down at Senatobia, and then uhh, I moved down to, Tunica, I stayed down\u00a0there a, couple years at uhh, Hollywood, and uhh, I came from there back to Coldwater, oounce and stayed\u00a0there, two years and went back to Memphis, we stayed, two or three years and we came back, stayed here a\u00a0year and went back to Memphis and stayed a couple years, then we come back and we aint been back since.<\/p>\n<h6>\u25ca\u00a0 &#8216;Poor Boy (A Long Way From Home)&#8217; \u2193<\/h6>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/meC4pmw5u84\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<address><strong>I&#8217;m a poor boy, I&#8217;m a long way from home<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>I&#8217;m a poor boy, I&#8217;m a long way from home<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>What the others do, the world can&#8217;t do me no harm<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>I&#8217;m a poor boy, a long way from home<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Babe I can&#8217;t stay here long, babe I can&#8217;t stay here long<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>What the others do, the world can&#8217;t do me no harm<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>I&#8217;m a poor boy, I&#8217;m a long way from home<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Well my, baby&#8217;s dead and gone<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Well my, baby&#8217;s dead and gone<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Well, well, well, well I&#8217;m a long way from home<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>I&#8217;m a poor boy, I&#8217;m a long way from home<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>And the world, can&#8217;t do me no harm<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>And the world, can&#8217;t do me no harm<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Oh , no no no no, I&#8217;m a long way from home<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>World can&#8217;t do me no harm<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<strong>World can&#8217;t do me no harm<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>World can&#8217;t do me no harm<\/strong><\/address>\n<h6>\u2207\u00a0 \u00a0&#8216;Poor Black Mattie&#8217;\u00a0 \u00a0\u21d3<\/h6>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c8RtayjqqIw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<address><strong>Poor Black Mattie ain&#8217;t got a change in clothes <\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>girl got drunk close that door\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Poor Black Mattie ain&#8217;t got change o&#8217; clothes <\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>girl got drunk throwed her clothes outdoors\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Goin&#8217; to Memphis see the World&#8217;s Fair reason I&#8217;m goin&#8217; baby there\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Goin&#8217; to Memphis see the World&#8217;s Fair reason I&#8217;m goin&#8217; know my baby there\u00a0<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Need no heater fireplace by my bed women I got cherry red\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Need no heater fireplace by my bed &#8211; all I got keep me cherry red\u00a0<\/strong><\/address>\n<p><strong><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ztKkbCKEGdQ\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>\u2190Catfish Blues<\/strong><\/p>\n<address><strong>Well, I wish I was a cat, baby &#8211;\u00a0Swimmin&#8217; in the deep blue sea<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>And I&#8217;d have all these good-lookin&#8217; women&#8230;\u00a0<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Well I went to my baby&#8217;s house and I sat on the stairs\u00a0<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>And she said, <\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>\u00abCome in outcha man My husband is not there, he just now left\u00bb<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Well if I can&#8217;t, can&#8217;t come in\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Let me sit down in front of your door<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>I&#8217;ll leave so early in the morning, baby,<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>real man gone &#8211; shall not know &#8211;\u00a0I&#8217;ll leave now<\/strong><\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address><strong>Well, I&#8217;m broke baby and I&#8217;m hungry\u00a0&#8211; Yes and ragged and dirty too<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Yea but if I clean up now , baby, can I\u00a0spend the night,<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Spend the night . . . Spend the night<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Well I love you look good &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong><strong>And I love your husband too<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>And I&#8217;m just fooling your husband, baby, tryin&#8217; to get lost<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Tryin&#8217; to get lost . . .<\/strong><\/address>\n<h6>\u2207\u00a0 \u00a0&#8216;<strong>Bad Luck City&#8217;\u00a0 \u21d3<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y8buSTwnXIg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<address><strong>The name of the song, Bad Luck \u00a0City<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>A lot of people don&#8217;t know what&#8217;s that &#8216;cause they&#8217;ve never been there<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>But I&#8217;ve been there and I know<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Lots of times you love some women and they don&#8217;t love you<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>But I have one and I love the one I have<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>That&#8217;s why I tell you,\u00a0every morning when I wake up<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>I say, I&#8217;m tellin&#8217; these words:<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Don&#8217; leave me baby&#8230;<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Love you too baby . . .<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>The women you love,\u00a0<\/strong><strong>a lot of times you love them women they love you too<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>You say the same things back to you<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>You say . . .<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>But it&#8217;s trouble, problems, when you love them women and they don&#8217;t love you<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>A lot of times I want to leave a lot of times<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>I&#8217;ve been to great problems<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Would it be so nice to you?<\/strong><\/address>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\">\u2022\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AhC8SwuUGjc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;It&#8217;s Bad You Know&#8217;<\/a>\u21d0<\/h6>\n<p>\u2207\u00a0 <strong>Boogie instrumental<\/strong>\u00a0 \u21d3\u00a0 \u00a0(1978)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n0TLP_DCB3I\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u2666 \u00a0Shake &#8216;em On Down \u00a0\u2193<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1V9mb__6yVY\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Well you come to my house, gonna get it on<br \/>\nWhere \u2019round, know that I\u2019m somewhere<br \/>\nShake em on down, babe, oh god<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">What\u2019s hollering, whats goin\u2019 on, shake \u2018em on down<br \/>\nMe and my baby we was in the field<br \/>\nHeard that train as it left\u00a0mo-bile.<br \/>\nI\u2019m style-o<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Yeah,\u00a0I\u2019m so tired of hollering I told shake \u2018em on down<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Me and my baby we\u2019re gonna get somebody<br \/>\nGot back down, shove \u2018em down twice, yeah<br \/>\nWhat\u2019s going on?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Yeah, best I\u2019m hollerin\u2019 &#8211;\u00a0Best I\u2019m hollerin\u2019,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Shake \u2018em on down &#8211;\u00a0Shaking \u2018em on down &#8211;\u00a0All night crazy<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Shaking \u2018em on down, gonna tell ya<br \/>\nSomebodies lazy, what\u2019s going on?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=td7IfOEef6Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-48227 noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-48227\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/somedaybaby.jpg\" alt=\"somedaybaby\" width=\"397\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/somedaybaby.jpg 397w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/somedaybaby-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/somedaybaby-150x113.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 397px) 100vw, 397px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>. . .\u00a0\u00a0Goodbye girl better get gone Skit Gone Had a great time Got beat pretty good Had a good thing going Got more than you gave Goddamn but now I&#8217;ll give it to you Girl, you got a game . . .<\/em><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>\u2022\u2192\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LTmC7BhYa8k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\">Snake Drive <\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u2193 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QPKNTVUSgtA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\">[live]<\/span><\/a>\u2190<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\">Love be the devil but it won\u2019t get me &#8211; Let my baby ride &#8211;\u00a0Gonna let my baby ride . . .<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003300;\"> Love be the devil but it won\u2019t get me . . .<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\">Hey!\u00a0Well &#8211;\u00a0[Snake drive] \u00a0Yeah &#8211;\u00a0Alright &#8211;\u00a0[Snake drive] \u00a0Well, well, well . . .\u00a0Yeah &#8211;\u00a0[Snake drive]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Vfy7F_iEyBM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7lzpDwaxGk4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> \u2022\u2192\u00a0 Let My Baby Ride<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0\u21d1<\/strong><\/p>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\">Don&#8217;t you let my baby ride . . .\u00a0Don&#8217;t you let my baby ride . . .<\/address>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7<\/h6>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\">\u00a4\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tajblues.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TAJ MAHAL<\/a>: AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A BLUESMAN [2001]<\/span><\/h3>\n<address style=\"text-align: justify;\">The legendary blues musician discusses his thirty-year career in music, playing blues as well as folk, reggae, gospel, rock, zydeco, Caribbean, African, and Hawaiian music, and shares experiences from his personal life.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7ToTDjrupjk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-13006\" title=\"TajM\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/TajM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"185\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/TajM.jpg 185w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/TajM-99x150.jpg 99w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 185px) 100vw, 185px\" \/><\/a><\/address>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mahal\u2019s parents exposed him and his siblings to music. He grew up listening to swing and bebop, a staple of his parents\u2019 generation. His mom had dreams of becoming a singer, he writes, in an Ella Fitzgerald way. Mahal\u2019s father, also a musician, had to leave his love of music for a job as day laborer to support his family. Well-renowned musicians like Billy Eckstine, Trummie Young and the bandleader Jack Teagarden would often spend the night at Mahal\u2019s family home in Springfield. In those days there were not a lot of decent places that catered to a black clientele. This early exposure with musical greats laid the foundation for the music for Taj Mahal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A tragedy occurred when Taj Mahal was 13 years old\u2013his dad died when a tractor fell on top of him, crushing his skull. Mahal watched him die in the backyard of the farm he was raised on. It changed his life; from that moment on he became a man.\u00a0 According to Foer, Mahal doesn\u2019t like to speak about it, <em>\u201cMy father\u2019s death made me realize that I had to be doing the work that I needed to be doing. I got busy. I started working as soon as I could.\u201d<\/em> He uses this same focus in his music.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Self-taught Leonard \u201cLynwood\u201d Perry introduced Mahal to the blues. Perry inherited his love for southern blues listening and imitating his brother and father. He met Taj Mahal, back then known as Henry, when he and his family were forced to seek economic security in Springfield, where he lived next door to Taj Mahal. One day Mahal asked Perry to come into his house because he wanted to show him something he\u2019d learned on the guitar. The first song he taught Mahal was <em>\u201cO, Baby.\u201d<\/em> He guided Mahal\u2019s fingers along the strings of the guitar and showed him chord progressions. A bluesman was born. Mahal has not put down his guitar since. Perry said, <em>\u201cThe Northern honky-tonk blues is a blues you can dance by, the Southern down-home blues, that tells of the troubles you had, of the troubles the player heard, of the troubles about people they love and hate.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><strong>\u2666 \u2192 &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uyk-yRBum6U\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Blues with a Feeling&#8217;\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0\u2193<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uyk-yRBum6U\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uyk-yRBum6U\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Blues with a feeling &#8211;\u00a0that&#8217;s what I have today<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve got to find my baby\u00a0if it takes me all night and day<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Ain&#8217;t it hard to love somebody \u00a0[. . . ?]. they don&#8217;t love you<br \/>\nmake you sad and lonely &#8211; broken-hearted &#8230;<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Baby you call it romance &#8211; I call it falling down . . .<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">When made you [. . . ?] \u00a0deep down in the ground<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Tell me why you love me \u00a0[<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">it hurt me deep down &#8230; deep down in my throat<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Everybody &#8230; \u00a0(French&#8230;)<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Back in the USA we say, &#8216;that&#8217;s how it go&#8217;<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Blues with a feeling &#8211;\u00a0that&#8217;s what I have today . . .<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve got to find my baby\u00a0if it takes me all night and day<\/address>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1DFy90m-lHE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-43637\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/frankie-albert.jpg\" alt=\"frankie-albert\" width=\"266\" height=\"56\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/frankie-albert.jpg 266w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/frankie-albert-150x31.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" \/><\/a><\/h5>\n<address><strong>Frankie an&#8217; Albert was sweethearts<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<strong>Lordy how they could love.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Vowed to love one another<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<strong>Baby &#8216;neath the stars above<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>It was her man&#8230;.. an&#8217; he was doin&#8217; her wrong.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Frankie went down to da&#8217; bar room,<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Get herself a bucket a beer.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Say hey to da&#8217; lone bartender<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<strong>Say hey has my lovely man been here?<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>It was my man&#8230;&#8230;.an&#8217; he was doin&#8217; me wrong.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Bartender say \u00abMiss Frankie, huh,<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>honey I can&#8217;t tell ya&#8217; no lie.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>He lef&#8217; here &#8216;bout an&#8217; hour ago w<\/strong><strong>ith that hussy named Nelly Blye\u00bb.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>It was yo&#8217; man&#8230;&#8230;an he was doin&#8217; you wrong.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Frankie she cried, she cried, she cried,<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Lordy what have I done?<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>I done give my love to dis man<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<strong>He done took my love an&#8217; run.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>It was my man&#8230;&#8230;..an he was doin&#8217; me wrong.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Albert saw Frankie comin&#8217;, He say,<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Oh Lord baby, don&#8217;t you shoot<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Well you know, out from under that red kimono<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>The gun went rootie toot toot,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>She shot that man&#8230;&#8230;cause he was doin&#8217; her wrong.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Boo Hoo! Boo Hoo! Boo Hoo! Boo Hoo!<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Frankie say baby what have I done?<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>You know I shot the only man I loved,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>A cold forty &#8211; one,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>It was my man&#8230;&#8230;..an he was doin&#8217; me wrong.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Play it for a while&#8230;.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>High Sheriff come clippety, clippety, clippety, clippety,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>clippety, clippety, clippety the trail<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>I say look here Frankie I&#8217;m gon&#8217; tell ya&#8217;<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>You done shot yo&#8217; man,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>I&#8217;m gon&#8217; hafta&#8217; put cha in da&#8217; county jail.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Talkin&#8217; &#8216;bout that man&#8230;..an&#8217; he was doin&#8217; her wrong.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Frankie she laid in da&#8217; jail house,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Now ya&#8217; know there ain&#8217;t no one to go her bail.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>But &#8216;cha know big Jim say honey,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u00abI&#8217;m workin&#8217; on you, try to get you outta that jail\u00bb<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Tell about yo&#8217; man&#8230;.&#8217;cause he was doin&#8217; you wrong.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>An&#8217; our story go on&#8230;&#8230;<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Frankie an&#8217; Albert was sweethearts<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<strong>Lordy how they could love.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Vowed to love one another<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<strong>Underneath the stars above<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Talkin&#8217; &#8216;bout that man&#8230;.. an&#8217; he was doin&#8217; her wrong\u00a0<\/strong><\/address>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\">\u2666\u2192\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pNpSWby1cwQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00abBig legged mommas are back in style\u00bb<\/a>\u00a0\u2193 [&#8216;Like Never Before_1991]<\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W7gO2wUkSvc\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\">Talkin&#8217; &#8216;bout big legged mommas back in style again &#8211; I mean, them big fat cuties back in style again<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\">You ain&#8217;t had no real good love till you been loved by one of them<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\">Size 14, 16, 18, 22, 24 in style again &#8211; I mean them big fat birdies back in style again<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\">You ain&#8217;t had no real lovin&#8217; until you&#8217;ve been loved by one of them<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\">Well momma and poppa told me, son you better shout &#8211; Woman that you got she is gonna knock you out<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\">Big legged mommas, now, they&#8217;re back in style again &#8211; I mean them short fat fannies, back in style again<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\">You ain&#8217;t had no real good lovin&#8217; till you&#8217;ve been loved by one of them<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\">She gonna rock you, she&#8217;s gonna roll you &#8211; Man, \u00a0won&#8217;t try to control you<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\">Those big legged mommas, they&#8217;re back in style again &#8211; I mean them heart shaped booties, back in style again<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\">You ain&#8217;t had no juicy lucy till you&#8217;ve been loved by one of them<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\">Well, she will not make you shout, she won&#8217;t make you beg &#8211; But she will shake her hooters like a soft boiled egg<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\">Talkin&#8217; about those big legged mommas, they&#8217;re back in style again. . .<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\">She says, \u00abHoney get me some WD-40 and oil my spring<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\">Talkin&#8217; about those big legged mommas, they&#8217;re back in style again<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\">You ain&#8217;t had no juicy lucy till you&#8217;ve been loved by one of them<\/address>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u2666 \u00a0&#8216;Strong Man Holler&#8217; \u00a0\u2193<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vYxqj1pNspA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">I remember you baby back in 1959 &#8211;\u00a0You were seventeen years old and you sure look fine<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">You did a little bad tattoo on this heart of mine<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">You make a strong man holler &#8211; make a weak man lose his home<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Mama said, My son, don&#8217;t mess with you<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">She can get evil right it&#8217;s on roots on you too \u00a0[. . . ?] hoodoo and a hoo-doo-you-do<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Oh she stills makes\u00a0a strong man holler &#8211; make a weak man lose his home<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Baby, you&#8217;re so fine, you make me wanna slap myself<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">You&#8217;re so fine, I don&#8217;t want nobody else<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">And when I get home, don&#8217;t put your love on the shelf<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">But you still could make\u00a0a strong man holler &#8211; make a weak man lose his home<\/address>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\">\u21d3\u00a0 &#8216;Mailbox Blues&#8217;<\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7qcOUymEDg8\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Gonna move up to the country &#8211; paint my mailbox blue . . .<br \/>\nPut some flowers on it baby &#8211;\u00a0Paint some trailin&#8217; vines and dew<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">You know I&#8217;m leavin&#8217; LA baby &#8211;\u00a0Don&#8217;t you know this smog&#8217;s got me down<br \/>\nI&#8217;m leavin&#8217; LA baby &#8211;\u00a0Don&#8217;t you know this smog has got me down<br \/>\nI&#8217;m goin&#8217; up to the country where there ain&#8217;t no doggone smog around<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Well, come here baby &#8211;\u00a0Sugar, let your papa take you by the hand . . .<br \/>\nWell, you be my woman and I&#8217;ll be your city-boy, country man.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">I&#8217;m gonna move up to the country &#8211;\u00a0Gonna paint, gonna paint, gonna paint, my mailbox blue &#8230;<br \/>\nPut some flowers on it honey &#8211;\u00a0Paint some trailin&#8217; vines and dew<\/p>\n<h6>\u25ca \u00a0&#8216;Six Days On The Road&#8217; \u00a0\u21d3<\/h6>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x_0M3IT6IMY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<address><strong>I&#8217;m headin&#8217; out of Pitsburgh and I&#8217;m rollin&#8217; down the eastern seaboard. <\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Got my diesel fired up and she&#8217;s runnin&#8217; like she never did before. <\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>There&#8217;s a speed zone ahead, alright. I don&#8217;t see a cop in sight. <\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Six days upon the road I&#8217;m gonna&#8217; see my baby tonight. <\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>She&#8217;s got 10 forward gears and a sweet Georgia overdrive. <\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>I&#8217;m takin&#8217; little white pills and my eyes are open wide. <\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>I just passed a jimmy n&#8217; white. I&#8217;ve been passin&#8217; everything in sight. <\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Six days upon the road I&#8217;m gonna&#8217; see my baby tonight.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address><strong>It seems like a month since I kissed my baby bye bye.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>I&#8217;ve got a lot o&#8217; women but I&#8217;m not like some other guys. <\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>My air horns runnin&#8217; clear. Baby you oughta&#8217; watch the way I shift my gears. <\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Six days upon the road I&#8217;m gonna&#8217; see my baby tonight. <\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>ICC is checkin&#8217; on down the line. <\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>You know I&#8217;m a little over weight and my log books way behind. <\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>But nothin&#8217; bothers a soul at night. I can dodge them scales all night. <\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Six days upon the road and I&#8217;m gonna see my baby tonight.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address>\u00a0\u00a0<\/address>\n<address><strong>My rigs a little old but that don&#8217;t mean she&#8217;s slow. <\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>There&#8217;s a good fire comin&#8217; from the smokestack and the smokes black as coal. <\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>My hometowns comin&#8217; in sight. If you think I&#8217;m happy, Baby, Baby, Baby you&#8217;re right. <\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Six days upon the road and I&#8217;m gonna&#8217; see my baby tonight. <\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Ow woo! Ow woo!<\/strong><\/address>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2207\u00a0 \u00a0 <strong>&#8216;Hard Way&#8217;\u00a0 \u21d3<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mD6y1OFvIoM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Well, I really had to suffer &#8211;\u00a0I&#8217;ve had a hard, hard way to go . . .<\/strong><br \/>\nI&#8217;ve been down and out when the town was coming up with snow<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>I used to get so weary\u00a0I would cry the whole night through . . .<\/strong><br \/>\nThinking &#8216;bout my troubles and the hardships I&#8217;ve been through<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Someday, I may get lucky, find me a place to go . . .<\/strong><br \/>\nI tried, I tried &#8211;\u00a0But it&#8217;s a hard, hard way to go<\/p>\n<h5 id=\"watch-headline-title\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u03a6 \u00a0&#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8OkemMYvKZU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Blue Light Boogie&#8217;\u21d0<\/a><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">They did the boogie real slow with the blue lights way down low . . .<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">I went to a party &#8211;\u00a0Was nothin&#8217; there but bobby socks<br \/>\nWent to a party &#8211;\u00a0Man you oughta seen em to reel and rock<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">They did the boogie real slow with the blue lights way down low . . .<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">I started rockin&#8217; &#8211;\u00a0Man I threw my left foot out<br \/>\nI started swingin&#8217; &#8211;\u00a0Somebody begin to shout<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">You got to boogie real slow with the blue lights way down low . . .<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">The girls and boys, they made so much noise they even had a raid<br \/>\nBut when the police got there all they could find was ice-cream and lemonade<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Oh, what a party &#8211;\u00a0I&#8217;m so glad I didn&#8217;t stay at home<br \/>\nOh, what a party &#8211;\u00a0They didn&#8217;t treat me like I was a chaperon<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">They did the boogie real slow with the blue lights way down low . . .<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">I started swingin&#8217; &#8211;\u00a0I threw my left foot out<br \/>\nI started rockin&#8217; &#8211;\u00a0Oh and they begin to shout<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">You got to boogie real slow with the blue lights way down low . . .<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">The women had their heads laid on their fellas&#8217; shoulders<br \/>\nWho were boogie-woogeyin&#8217; and squeezin &#8216;em up in the room<br \/>\nI couldn&#8217;t see how they was dancin&#8217;<br \/>\n&#8216;Cuz their feet, they didn&#8217;t move<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Oh, what a party &#8211;\u00a0I&#8217;m so glad I didn&#8217;t stay at home<br \/>\nOh, what a party &#8211;\u00a0They didn&#8217;t treat me like I was a chaperon<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">They did the boogie real slow with the blue lights way down low . . .<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u2666 \u00a0&#8216;Walking Blues&#8217;<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0\u21d3 \u00a0[R. Johnson]<\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K18Hvq-pnWA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">I woke up this mornin&#8217;, baby, feelin&#8217; round for my shoes<br \/>\nHoney, you now by that I got these old walkin&#8217; blues, baby<br \/>\nWoke this mornin&#8217; feelin round for my shoes<br \/>\nHoney, you know by that, I got these old walkin&#8217; blues<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I woke up this morning<\/div>\n<div>Baby don\u00b4t you know the blues all around my bed?<\/div>\n<div>When it go to my mind the blues &#8230;<\/div>\n<div>Blues in my brain<\/div>\n<div>[&#8230;?]<\/div>\n<div>\n<address>Some people say that the lowdown blues ain&#8217;t so bad\u00a0<\/address>\n<address>It&#8217;s the worst old feeling I ever had<\/address>\n<address>Some people say lowdown blues, well it ain&#8217;t so damn low bad<\/address>\n<address>me, a natural blues partner,<\/address>\n<address>[&#8230;?]<\/address>\n<address>Do not double talk now &#8216;cause she means just what she say<\/address>\n<address>She got me moving<\/address>\n<address>From my head down to my toe<\/address>\n<address>Break it all down<\/address>\n<address>everywhere in the world she goes she got it out there in the movement<\/address>\n<address>From her head down to her toe<\/address>\n<address>She may have a snake up [&#8230;]<\/address>\n<address>Fire and smoking volcano down below\u00a0<\/address>\n<\/div>\n<\/address>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">I woke up this morning, people, I looked around for my shoes<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">You know I had those mean old walkin&#8217; blues<\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Honey, you know I had those mean old walkin&#8217; blues . . .<\/div>\n<h6 id=\"watch-headline-title\" style=\"text-align: left;\">w\/\u00a0\u00a0Eric Bibb \u00a0\u2193 \u00a0&#8216;Diving Duck Blues&#8217; \u00a0[1998]<\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IAtZANlu0h0\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If the river was whiskey and I was\u00a0a diving duck . . .<\/strong><br \/>\nI&#8217;d dive upon the bottom all my nightmares never\u00a0come up<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I said, <strong>The sun&#8217;s gone shine in my back door some day . . .<\/strong><br \/>\nThe wind gone right is gonna blow my blues away<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>I&#8217;m gonna sit up in my front porch, maybe in my rocking chair &#8230;<\/strong><br \/>\nI&#8217;m gonna keep rolling sweet mamma, honey<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you love me sweet baby, honey won&#8217;t you say you do . . .<\/strong><br \/>\nSince you&#8217;re 15 years old mamma and my eyes on you<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If the river was whiskey\u00a0I would be a diving duck . . .<\/strong><br \/>\nI would swim to the bottom, but I would drink my way up<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Since I love you baby I don&#8217;t care what you do . . .<\/strong><br \/>\nDo anything in the world sweet mamma, honey get my hands on you<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\">\u221e\u00a0\u00a0with Ry Cooder:\u21d2 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?t=200&amp;v=V2mSa6LDytY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;By and By\u00a0(Poor Me)&#8217;<\/a> \u21d0<\/h6>\n<address style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7<\/h6>\n<\/address>\n<\/div>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u00a4 \u00a0Floyd Lee\u00a0 \u00a0 [1933-2020]<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dMugFB5v4dc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-42742\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Floyd_Lee.jpg\" alt=\"Floyd_Lee\" width=\"170\" height=\"125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Floyd_Lee.jpg 170w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Floyd_Lee-150x110.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 170px) 100vw, 170px\" \/><\/a>Ted Williams a.k.a. Floyd Lee was born 1933 in Mississippi. Captivated by the sound and feel of the genre, he started to play blues as a teenager and wandered the U.S. playing music.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In 1972 he moved to Harlem New York and fell in love with musical culture of the city.\u00a0 Since then, he played blues at clubs, street fairs and subway stations, including Times Square and Grand Central Station as an official musician of MTA\u2019s Music Under New York.<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\">\u00a0@ Times Square Station \u2193\u00a0August 2009<\/h6>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/idUjzTNEpSQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h6>\u25ca \u00a0Nowhere Is Where I Belong \u00a0\u2193<\/h6>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WGXmZD8J4N4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<address><strong>Nowhere, nowhere is where I belong\u00a0<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Nowhere, nowhere \u00a0is where I belong<\/strong><\/address>\n<div><strong>Ain&#8217;t it look so right &#8211;\u00a0Baby now it&#8217;s all gone wrong<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>Won&#8217;t you please tell me why &#8211;\u00a0Why won&#8217;t you open up your door?<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><strong>Won&#8217;t you please tell me why &#8211;\u00a0Why won&#8217;t you open up your door?<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><strong>My baby sat cryin&#8217; &#8211;\u00a0says she don&#8217;t love me no more<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>No place to go now &#8211; Baby what am I to do?<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>Ain&#8217;t got no place to go now &#8211; Baby what am I to do?<\/strong><\/div>\n<address><strong>Nowhere is where I belong<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Baby I&#8217;d like to belong with you.<\/strong><\/address>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oZs-edBqE0A\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><strong>\u2190Mean Blues<\/strong><\/p>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Mean blues &#8211; feel as an imfamy for me<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Mean blues &#8211; feel as an infamy<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Cruel world pullin&#8217; me down<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">it&#8217;s makin&#8217; a hard way for me to see<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Three days I haven&#8217;t heard from my girlfriend &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong><strong>I know somethin&#8217; is wrong . . .<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">She left me for another &#8211;\u00a0Left a hole now where my heart belonged<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>There&#8217;s no use for me sayin&#8217; I have to let her go . . .<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Ooooh!\u00a0But nothin&#8217; from her to come back to<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Me and blues got me sick and low<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Drowned my sorrows with a bottle until I lose my mind . . .<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Drank &amp; drank &#8211;\u00a0Drank the bottom of the East River<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">That&#8217;s where my heart feel fine.<\/address>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a4 R.L. 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