Whisky dry, Heaven die (1875)

Mon Jan 31 14:03:47 UTC 2005

The variation among these old songs is impressive. I know at least
three other versions of "Junker/Junko/Junkie Partner." The one I gave
is the version that I learned first, in 1950, so I tend to think of it
as the "right" version. But, actually, I have no clue as to what
version is oldest.

-Wilson

On Jan 31, 2005, at 3:21 AM, Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:

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> WHISKEY WHEN I'M DRY--303 Google hits, 27 Google Groups hits
> WHISKY WHEN I'M DRY--15 Google hits, 3 Google Groups hits
> ...
> I searched for "Whisk(e)y when I'm dry." The last verse of "Heaven
> when I =20
> die" is too common, and the other verses change too much.
> ...
> ...
> ...
> (NEWSPAPERARCHIVE)
> ...
>      _Chronicle Telegram _=20
> (http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Viewer.aspx?img=3D9OTicI1+LyyKID/
> 6NLMW2rZD+=
> Ozvm9zBpFEr7LzuxiLHiBf35r4+zA=3D=3D)  Sunday, December 31,=20
> 1989 _Elyria,_=20
> (http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=3Dcity:
> elyria+whisky+whe=
> n+I)  _Ohio_=20
> (http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=3Dstate:
> ohio+whisky+when=
> +I)      =20
> ...toast: "Beefsteak  WHEN I'M hungry; rye WHISKY WHEN I'M  DRY;
> greenbacks=20
> WHEN I'M.....WHEN you swear,  swear by your country; WHEN you lie, lie
> for a=
> =20
> pretty  woman..
> ...
>
> _Hornellsville Tribune _=20
> (http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Viewer.aspx?img=3DONKPmHWqWNiKID/
> 6NLMW2rW6F=
> hYaJ5pn/1t5Jt0KJKb4/ogBf4WUUg=3D=3D)  Friday, February 05,=20
> 1875 _Hornellsville,_=20
> (http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=3Dcity:
> hornellsville+whi=
> sky+when+I)  _New York_=20
> (http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=3Dstate:
> new_york+whisky+=
> when+I)      ...Dnluth: ''Beefsteak  WHEN=20
> I'M huugryt WHISKY WHEN I'M  DRY. Greenbacks WHEN I'M.....to a
> fountain=20
> wliieb has  lorg ago run DRY. WHEN liuman hearts aro  seeking..
> Pg. 2, col. 6:
> The following is said to be a popular song in Duluth: "Beefsteak when
> I'm =20
> hungry, Whisky when I'm dry, Greenbacks when I'm hard-up, And Heaven
> when I=20=
> =20
> die."
> ...
> ...
> ...
> (GOOGLE)
> ...
> _http://www.bluesaccess.com/No_35/again.html_=20
> (http://www.bluesaccess.com/No_35/again.html)=20
> Shortcuts: I hadn=E2=80=99t heard much of James "Son" Thomas before
> the rele=
> ase of =20
> Beefsteak Blues" (Evidence 26095), sessions originally recorded
> between  198=
> 0=20
> and 1985. He=E2=80=99s got a gentle voice that sometimes rises to a
> sweet fa=
> lsetto. =20
> The thing I like best about this pleasant journeyman is his
> self-penned epit=
> aph:=20
>  "Give me beefsteak when I=E2=80=99m hungry/Whiskey when I=E2=80=99m
> dry/Pre=
> tty women when I=E2=80=99
> m  living/Heaven when I die." =E2=80=A6
> ...
> ...
> _"Rye  Whisky" Traditional American Folksong 1. I'll eat when I'm
> ..._=20
> (http://www.pdmusic.org/folk/Rye_Whisky.txt)=20
> ... (CHORUS) 13. Seet milk when  I'm hungry, Rye whisky when I'm dry,
> If  a
> tree don't fall on me, I'll live till I die. (CHORUS) 14. ... =20
> www.pdmusic.org/folk/Rye_Whisky.txt - 4k - _Cached_=20
> (http://64.233.161.104/search?q=3Dcache:TNO3rvVwYr4J:www.pdmusic.org/
> folk/Ry=
> e_Whisky.txt+"whisky+when+I'm+
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> (http://www.google.com/search?hl=3Den&lr=3D&ie=3DUTF-8&q=3Drelated:
> www.pdmus=
> ic.org/folk/Rye_Whisky.txt) =20
> ...
> =20
> _Corn Bread When I'm Hungry - 98.11_=20
> (http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/98nov/banjo.htm)=20
> ... Dock Boggs, an Appalachian banjo player and singer born in  1898:
> "Give=20
> me corn bread
> when I'm hungry, good people,/Corn whiskey  when I'm dry,/Pretty women
> a ...=
> =20
> www.theatlantic.com/issues/98nov/banjo.htm - _Similar pages_=20
> (http://www.google.com/search?hl=3Den&lr=3D&ie=3DUTF-8&q=3Drelated:
> www.theat=
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> jo.htm)  =20
> ... =20
> _Rye Whiskey (2)_=20
> (http://sniff.numachi.com/~rickheit/dtrad/pages/tiRYEWHISx.html)=20
> ... It's  beefsteak when I'm hungry, Rye Whiskey when I'm  dry
> Greenbacks=20
> when I'm hard
> up and religion when I die Rye whiskey,  rye whiskey, rye whiskey I
> cry, If=20=
> I=20
> ...=20
> sniff.numachi.com/~rickheit/dtrad/pages/tiRYEWHISx.html - 3k -
> _Cached_=20
> (http://64.233.161.104/search?q=3Dcache:gVsiuxdU2NsJ:
> sniff.numachi.com/~rick=
> heit/dtrad
> /pages/tiRYEWHISx.html+"whiskey+when+I'm+dry"&hl=3Den&ie=3DUTF-8)  -
> _Simila=
> r=20
> pages_=20
> (http://www.google.com/search?hl=3Den&lr=3D&ie=3DUTF-8&q=3Drelated:
> sniff.num=
> achi.com/~rickheit/dtrad/pages/tiRYEWHISx.html)  =20
> ...=20
> _Lyrics- Moonshiner_
> (http://www.dubba.com/hookah/lyrics/moonshiner.htm)=20
> ... They're  all just as sweet as the dew on the vine. Well it's rye
> bread=20
> when I'm  hungry.
> Rye whiskey when I'm dry. Give  greenbacks when I'm hard up. ...=20
> www.dubba.com/hookah/lyrics/moonshiner.htm - 7k - _Cached_=20
> (http://64.233.161.104/search?q=3Dcache:I88segWvnXgJ:www.dubba.com/
> hookah/ly=
> rics/moonshiner.htm+"wh
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> www.dubba=
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> )  =20
> ...=20
> _Tex Ritter - Rye Whiskey_=20
> (http://www.twin-music.com/azlyrics/r_file/tex/rye.html)=20
> ...  It's a whiskey, rye whiskey, rye whiskey I cry If I don't get
> rye=20
> whiskey,  well,
> I think I will die Sweet milk when I'm hungry, rye whiskey  when I'm
> dry If=20=
> a=20
> ...=20
> www.twin-music.com/azlyrics/r_file/tex/rye.html - 4k - _Cached_=20
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> www.twin-=
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> le/tex/rye.html)  =20
> ...=20
> _Going to Georgia - Family Tradition Lyrics  Database_=20
> (http://www.playingbyear.com/resources/Lyrics.aspx?
> song=3DGoing+to+Georgia)=20
> ... my life a way. Beef when I'm  hungry, whiskey when I'm dry,
> Cornbread =20
> when
> I'm hard up, sweet heaven when I die. Going down to Georgia ... =20
> www.playingbyear.com/resources/  Lyrics.aspx?song=3DGoing+to+Georgia -
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> _Cached_=20
> (http://64.233.161.104/search?q=3Dcache:NZYiIt4oKdcJ:
> www.playingbyear.com/re=
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> e=3DUTF
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> ...=20
> _adamjhu's Yahoo!  Profile_ (http://profiles.yahoo.com/adamjhu)=20
> ... Favorite Quote. "Give me  beefsteak when I'm hungry, whiskey when
> I'm =20
> dry, womens
> when I'm lonely, and heaven when I die. --James "Son"  Thomas". ...=20
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