Viola Lee Blues
Ry Cooder * Track #4 On Crossroads
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- #4Viola Lee Blues
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Viola Lee Blues by Ry Cooder
Performed by
Ry CooderAbout
The “Viola Lee Blues” is an American blues standard.
It is attested as early as September 1928, when Cannon’s Jug Stompers recorded it in Memphis, Tennessee.
The song was often played in concert by the Grateful Dead.
Viola Lee Blues Lyrics
The judge decreed it—
Clerk, he wrote it—
I said, he wrote it—
Down, indeedy
The judge repeated—
Clerk, he wrote it down—
With this-here sentence
You must be Nashville bound
Some got a six-months
Some got a solid—
I mean, a solid—
Year, indeedy
Some got a six-month—
Some do a solid year
But me and my buddy
Both got lifetime here—play