Lyr Add: Plow Hand Blues (Big Bill Broonzy)

Subject: Lyr Add: PLOW HAND BLUES (Big Bill Broonzy)
From: ddw
Date: 07 Jun 01 - 12:45 AM

Plow-hand blues
By Bill Broonzy

Plow hand has been my name, Lord, for forty years or more
Plow hand has been my name, Lord, for forty years or more
Now I did all I could
Oh Lord, tryin' to take care of my so and so

I ain't gonna raise no more cotton, I declare, I ain't gonna raise no corn
I ain't gonna raise no more cotton, I declare, I ain't gonna raise no corn
Now if a mule started runnin' away with the world
Oh, Lord, I'm gonna let him go ahead on

I wouldn't tell a mule to get up if he'd sit down in my lap
I wouldn't tell a mule to get up if he'd sit down in my lap
I declare, I'm through with plowin'
Oh Lord, that's what killed my old grandpap

Every night I'm hollerin' "Whoa, gee, git up" in my sleep
Every night I'm hollerin' "Whoa, gee, git up" in my sleep
I'm always settin' my backbone back
Oh Lord, tryin' to keep my plow from going too deep

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Plow-hand Blues
From: wysiwyg
Date: 07 Jun 01 - 09:23 AM

And in a younger time in the cycle, Tom Waits: "Get Behind the Mule."

Got to get behind the mule...
In the mornin' an' plow.

(Mule Variations CD)

~S~