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Tag Archives: blues
Catbelly Heat on My Knees
I came across this song lyric from 1883, in a file marked “Blind Bobbybaby Jax.” Indeed, records show an old black man living in Macoupin County, an itinerant laborer, fruit picker and two-finger banjo plucker. “I done scratched away my … Continue reading
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Tagged blues, Charley Patton, humor, Maine Coon cats, Robert Johnson
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Rain They Say
Three inches of rain, they say, and an inch of hummingbirds ruby throats frenzied at the feeder, bathing in a limestone cup of water Two inches of northern sky I measure with my thumb and forefinger a rose-colored sash … Continue reading