Tuesday, January 2, 2007

9. Down South Blues

(Traditional, Dock Boggs)

Going to the station
Catch the fastest train that goes
I’m going back down south
The weather suits my clothes

I was raised in the country
The snow it never fell
I’m going back down south
If I don’t do so well

Love is like water
Gets turned off and on
Just when you think you’ve got it
Gets turned off and gone

Daddy taught me plenty
Mama she taught me more
You better quit your ramblin’
Be danger at your door

Goin’ back down south
If I wear out ninety-nine pair of shoes
‘Cause I’m broken-hearted
And I’ve got those down south blues



Dock Boggs is one of our favorites. Here's some songs posted on myspace. Tarbox Ramblers cover him, as do Can Kickers, Creech Holler, and many more. CW Stoneking's "Darktown Srutter's Ball" makes me think this is how Boggs might sound today.

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