Mamie’s Blues
Dave Van Ronk * Track #10 On Sunday Street
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- #1Sunday Street
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- #2Jesus Met the Woman at the Well
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- #3Nobody Knows The Way I Feel This Morning
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- #4Maple Leaf Rag
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- #5Down South Blues
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- #6Jivin’ Man Blues
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- #7That Song About The Midway
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- #8The Pearls
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- #9That’ll Never Happen No More
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- #10Mamie’s Blues
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- #11Swinging On A Star
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Mamie's Blues by Dave Van Ronk
Performed by
Dave Van RonkAbout
Dave’s second Jelly Roll Morton cover on this record. In his original recording, Morton prefaced the song, “This is the first blues I no doubt heard in my life. Mamie Desdoon, this was her favorite blues; she hardly could play anything else more, but she really could play this one.”
Mamie’s Blues Annotated
Two-nineteen took my babe away
Two-nineteen took my babe away
Two-seventeen bring her back someday
Stood on the corner with her feet all soakin' wet
Stood on the corner with her feet all soakin' wet
She was beggin' each and every man she met
Can't give a dollar, give me a lousy dime
Can't give a dollar, give me a lousy dime
You know I wanna feed that hungry man of mine
Lay my head on some lonesome railroad line
Lay my head on some lonesome railroad line
Let that two-nineteen pass by my mind
Two-nineteen took my babe away
Two-nineteen took my babe away
Two-seventeen bring her back someday