Found in a recording on a second-hand 1950s tape recorder, “The Ladies” are two apparent high school students doing what sounds like a magazine quiz, laughing at their own “super dated unintelligible dirty jokes” (as Shakey Graves put it), and gossiping about boys.
Shakey and Boo [Chris “Boo” Boosa...
[The Ladies]
Alright, Eddie, you might not get this one, but try to understand.
You see, there was this girl who was hitchhiking,
And no one was giving her a ride,
So she took all her clothes off, you know,
And stood out on the road and waited for some- Huh?
[Laughter] He's not gonna get it, I don't think so either.
And she stood out on the road,
And- perfectly naked, you know-
And along comes this guy on a bicycle,
So she hops on the crossbar
And they're riding along
[Laughter] You know that thing [laughter]
He says to her, "Haven't you no-"
Oh, shit I messed it up! [laughter]
[?] Alright
And she's naked, [laughter] and she hops on the crossbar,
And about five minutes later she turns to him and says, "Haven't you noticed that I'm naked?"
And he says, "Haven't you noticed it's a girl's bike?"
Shakey Graves released Haven’t You Noticed (The Ladies) on Mon Feb 09 2015.