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Lyr Req: Rag Mama Rag (Blind Boy Fuller)

Zorro	21 Sep 98 - 10:22 PM
Brian Hoskin	22 Sep 98 - 03:07 AM

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Subject: Rag Mama
From: Zorro
Date: 21 Sep 98 - 10:22 PM

There's an old blues song called "Rag Mama" I have it on reel to reel tape, but don't know the singer. First verse: "Goin' down town with my hat in my hand, lookin' for a woman that ain't got no man. May as well lookin' for a needle in the sand, lookin' for a woman ain't got no man.."

The last verse's last two lines: "...ran outside and got half a brick, sayin' I'm gonna kill this so and so..."

It's a long shot, but I've seen longer ones answered here, so here goes... Z

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Subject: Lyr Add: RAG MAMA RAG (Blind Boy Fuller)
From: Brian Hoskin
Date: 22 Sep 98 - 03:07 AM

I think this is what you're looking for, Rag Mama Rag, recorded in 1935 in NYC. Blind Boy Fuller on vocals and guitar, Blind Gary Davis on guitar, and Bull City Red on Washboard.

Brian.

RAG MAMA RAG

Says, I'm goin' up town, hat in my hand.
Lookin' for a woman ain't got no man.
Just as well be lookin' for a needle in the sand.
Lookin' for a woman ain't got no man.
Oh, rag, rag, rag, said, do that rag.
Oh, rag, oh, rag, rag, said, do that rag.

Says, I wouldn't have thought my gal would treat me so.
Love another man stayin' at my back door.
Mind, mama, what you sow.
You got to reap just what you sow.
Oh, rag, rag now, rag, baby, rag, mama, said, do that rag.
Oh, rag (Do it a long time.), rag, said do that rag.

Now, if you get one woman, better get you two.
One for your buddy, other one for you.
Got me a wife and a sweetheart too.
The wife don't love me, but my sweetheart do.
Oh, rag (Rag, baby.), rag, rag, mama, said, do that rag.
Oh, rag, rag, rag, baby, said, do that rag.

(scat lines)
Oh, rag, oh, rag, baby, rag, mama, said, do that rag.
Oh, rag, oh, rag, baby, rag, mama, said, do that rag.

(Now, rag, baby.)

Oh, rag, oh, rag, rag, mama, said, do that rag.

Said, my gal hollered murder, I ain't raised my hand.
Pistol in my pocket, blackjack in my hand.
Took my gal under the willow tree.
Ought to hear her hollerin' don't murder me.
Oh, rag, sh, oh, rag, rag, now, baby, rag, said, do that rag.
Oh, rag, oh, rag, baby, rag, then, said, do that rag.

(Rag, now, gal.)

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