Horse v. mule

[George Thompson]

Quite some time ago, there were postings here from Jesse and myself
regarding a concordance to blues songs published in the 1970s by
Garland Publ.; author Michael Taft.  We both deplored the fact that
the book was long out of print and not to be found in the OP market.
A new edition of the accompanying anthology was published earlier this
year by Routledge, I believe, and it seems that a revised version of
the concordance is on line at http://dylan61.se/taft.htm

GAT

George A. Thompson
Author of A Documentary History of "The African Theatre", Northwestern
Univ. Pr., 1998, but nothing much lately.

----- Original Message -----
From: Benjamin Zimmer <bgzimmer at BABEL.LING.UPENN.EDU>
Date: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 0:13 am
Subject: Re: Horse v. mule

> Quoting Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com>:
>
> > Yes, that's what I had in mind, especially if it contains the
> phrase, "Fie
> > on thy cuckold face," by which the wife introduces her
> explanations of what
> > her husband thinks he sees. Actually, there are two other blues
> songs that
> > are closer than the two that I previously cited. In one, the man
> starts out
> > by asking, "Whose muddy shoes under my bed where my shoes used
> to be?"
> > There's another one that 's almost a rewrite  of the Brit
> original, but I
> > can't track it down at the moment.
>
> This one?
>
> -----
> Jones, Coley
> Drunkard's Special
> Dallas, 6 Dec. 1929
> (149558‑2) Co‑14489‑D Fwy FA‑2951
>
> First night that I went home : drunk as I could be
> There's another mule in the stable : where my mule ought to be
> Come here honey : explain yourself to me
> How come another mule in the stable : where my mule ought to be
> Oh crazy oh silly : can't you plainly see
> That's nothing but a milkcow : where your mule ought to be
> I've traveled this world over : million times or more
> Saddle on a milkcow's back : I've never seen before
> Second night when I got home : as drunk as I could be
> There's another coat on the coat rack : where my coat ought to be
> Come here honey : explain this thing to me
> How come another coat on the coat rack : where my coat ought to be
> Oh crazy oh silly : can't you plainly see
> Nothing but a bed quilt : where your coat ought to be
> I've traveled this world over : million times or more
> Pockets in a bed quilt : I've never seen before
> The third night when I went home : drunk as I could be
> There's another head on the pillow : where my head ought to be
> Come here honey come here : explain this thing to me
> How come another head on the pillow : where my head ought to be
> Oh crazy oh silly : can't you plainly see
> That's nothing but a cabbage head : that your grandma sent to me
> I've traveled this world over : million times or more
> Hair on a cabbage head : I've never seen before
> http://dylan61.se/MTBluesJ_L/Michael%20Taft,%20Blues%20Anthology%
20with%20Index%20by%20Artist%20J-L.htm#_Toc71651425
> -----
>
>
> --Ben Zimmer
>