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4 Last night as I lay on my pillow, Last night as I lay on my bed, Last night as I lay on my pillow,
I dreamed darling Corey was dead.
5 I'm going across deep waters, I'm going across the sea, I'm going across deep waters, Going to bring darling Corey to me.
6 Go and dig me a hole in the meadow, Go and dig me a hole in the ground, Go and dig me a hole in the meadow, Just to lay darling Corey down.
7 Don't you hear them bluebirds singing, Don't you hear that mournful sound, They're preaching darling Corey's funeral In the lonesome graveyard ground.
8 The last time I saw darling Corey, She had a wineglass in her hand, She was drinking down her troubles With a low-down, sorry man. |
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JACK O' DIAMONDS
db. No. 89. Ace. with knife guitar and sung by Pete Harris, Richmond, Texas, 1934. ProbÂably derived from Blind Lemon Jefferson's record, "Jack of Diamonds," Paramount 12373.
What kinda fants does the gambler wear? Great big strifes, cost nine dollars a fair.
This version was recorded from the singing of Pete Harris, a Negro living in Richmond, Texas. Blind Lemon Jefferson of Dallas, the first Negro folk singer to make commercial records, popularized this old Texas gambling song—one of the blues' first cousins. Paramount 12373-A, if you can find this rare record, contains Blind Lemon's version, and furnished us with all but our first and last stanzas. |
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