Tangle Eye Blues
Alan Lomax & Tangle Eye * Track #15 On Negro Prison Blues And Songs
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Tangle Eye Blues by Alan Lomax (Ft. Tangle Eye)
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“Tangle Eye Blues” is Tangle Eye’s personal story of incarceration, religion, and repentance. Based on his singing style, we can infer that this may have once been a gospel song that was popular amongst African American churches in the southern United States. It also goes on to say that no one will...
Tangle Eye Blues Lyrics
Mmm, hmm, mm!
Oh, oh, Lord
Well, I wonder will I ever get back home, hey
Mmm, hm! Oh Lord
Well, it must have been the devil that fooled me here
Hey, hey, hey, for I'm all down and out
Hey, hey, oh Lord
Lord, if I ever get back home, I'll never do wrong
Well, if I can just can make it home
I won't do no wrong no more, oo-hoo!
Lord, I won't do no wrong no more
Mmm!
Lord, I left Mae Willie and the baby in the courthouse cryin'
"Daddy, please don't go"
Lord, I'll be back home, mm
Well, Lord, I'll be home one day 'fore long, oh
Just wait for me
Mmm, mmm!
Lord, I been here rollin' for the state so long
Lord, I'm all down and out
My friends won't come to see me
Lord, what's done happened to me?
Mmm, mm!
Lord if I'd a-listened to what my dear old mother said
Hey!
Boys, she's dead and gone
Lord, Lord, she's dead and gone
Wooh, wooh, what I'm gonna do now?
Tangle Eye Blues Q&A
Who wrote Tangle Eye Blues's ?
Tangle Eye Blues was written by Tangle Eye.
When did Alan Lomax release Tangle Eye Blues?
Alan Lomax released Tangle Eye Blues on Wed Jan 01 1958.
What did Alan Lomax say about this song?
Lomax wrote,
Sung by the corss-eyed prisoner whose mates had named him Tangle-Eye. Every good singer in the Pen has his own field holler with which he amuses himself in reflective moments. Often those tunes are kin to the blues, often they are composed of free yodeling tunes which seem to have Afri...