Old Dollar Mamie by Alan Lomax (Ft. 22)
Old Dollar Mamie by Alan Lomax (Ft. 22)

Old Dollar Mamie

Alan Lomax & 22 * Track #8 On Negro Prison Blues And Songs

Old Dollar Mamie Lyrics

Dollar Mamie told her, old Dollar Bob, well
For a dollar Mamie told her, old Dollar Bob, well-ah
For dollar Mamie told her, old Dollar Bob, well
Well, the dress she wanted, cost her, oh, a dollar a yard, well-ah
Oh, a dollar a yard, baby, oh, a dollar a yard, well-ah
Oh, the dress she wanted cost her, a dollar a yard, well-ah

Well you hush, hush, Mamie, don't you, don't say narry a word will you
Well you hush, hush, Mamie, don't you, don't say narry a word will you
Well you hush, hush, Mamie, don't you, don't say narry a word will you
Well you shall have it if it's, oh, in this world well-ah
Well, in this world, baby, well, in this world, woman
Well, you shall have it if it's, if it's in this world well-ah

Well, Dollar Mamie turn her, her head and smile, well-ah
Well, Dollar Mamie turn her, her head and smile, well-ah
Well, Dollar Mamie turn her head and smile, well-ah
Well I hear her callin', well-ah, for a level mile, well-ah
For a level mile, baby, for a level mile, well-ah
Well you hear her callin' well-ah, for a level mile, well-ah

Well I'm, down, well-ah, for get my roll, well-ah
Well I'm goin' Memphis, well-ah, for to get my roll, well-ah
Well I'm goin' to Memphis, well-ah, where get my roll, well-ah
'Gon stand on levee hear-ah, hear the big boats blow, well-ah
Hear the big boats blow, baby (darlin'), hear the big boats blow, well
'Gon stand on the levee hear, the big boats blow, well-ah

Oh, the Kate left Memphis with a, with a hundred men, well-ah
Well, the Kate left Memphis with a, with a hundred men, well-ah
Well, the Kate left Memphis with a, with a hundred men, well-ah
In Arkansas City she didn't, didn't have but ten, well-ah
Didn't have but ten, baby (well-ah), didn't have but ten, well-ah
In Arkansas City she didn't, didn't have but ten, well-ah

Well, you raise ([?]) up ([?]) higher ([?]), let'm drop on down, well-ah
Well, you raise'm up higher, let'm, oh, let'm drop on down, well-ah
Well, you raise'm up higher, let'm, let'm drop on down, well-ah
Well, you won't know the difference, when the, when the sun go down, well-ah
When the sun go down, baby, when the sun go down, well-ah (down, down)
You won't know the difference when the, when the sun go down, well-ah

Old Dollar Mamie Q&A

When did Alan Lomax release Old Dollar Mamie?

Alan Lomax released Old Dollar Mamie on Wed Jan 01 1958.

What did Alan Lomax say about this song?

Lomax wrote

The first three stanza’s are among the most engaging in prison poesy. Mamie was a girl, apparently, who cost a dollar, and Bob, her man, was no more expensive. Mamie had expensive tastes, however, and Bob was determined to satisfy them, which pleased Mamie extremely. This is the burden...

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