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I lived in a place called okfuskee
And I had a little girl in a holler tree
I said, little girl, it's plain to see,
Ain't nobody that can sing like me
Ain't nobody that can sing like me

She said it's hard for me to see
How one little boy got so ugly
Yes, my little girly, that might be,
But there ain't nobody that can sing like me
Ain't nobody that can sing like me

[chorus:]
Way over yonder in the minor key
Way over yonder in the minor key
There ain't nobody that can sing like me

We walked down by the buckeye creek
To see he frog eat the goggle eye bee
To hear that west wind whistle to the east,
There ain't nobody that can sing like me
Ain't nobody that can sing like me

Oh my little girly will you let me see,
Where over yonder where the wind blows free
Nobody can see in our holler tree
And there ain't nobody that can sing like me
Ain't nobody that can sing like me

[chorus]

Her mama cut a switch from a cherry tree
And laid it on to she and me
It stung lots worse than a hive of bees
But there ain't nobody that can sing like me
Ain't nobody that can sing like me

Now I have walked a long long ways
And I still look back to my tanglewood days,
I've led lots of girlies since then to stray
Saying, ain't nobody that can sing like me
Ain't nobody that can sing like me

[chorus x 2]

Ain't nobody that can sing like me

dig May 01, 2013 - 17:54	Easy 9. Lyrics, delivery, harmony. Yes. [ Reply ]
cShaggy Feb 28, 2013 - 03:39	..8!..also, dunno if it's been brought up, but the organ (synths?) smack of "Walk of Life" (to me at least)..not much else of it sounds Straits-ish, but that iota popped out.. [ Reply ]
ScottFromWyoming Sep 24, 2012 - 07:18	fredriley wrote: Erm, I've heard Billy in concert, singing and speaking, sitting a few metres away from him such that I could see the spots on his face. He's got an Essex accent, being a Barking boy, narmean? On this song he's singing with a cod American accent, which he probably figures is in keeping with the song, but IMO he'd be better off keeping his normal accent and letting the lyrics speak for themselves. I guess you're right; I had to go back and listen a few times... it's a bad enough American accent that plenty of his Essex comes thru. I've listened to this a thousand times and never heard the faux accent. But then again, maybe the material just brings it out of him. I'm sure I couldn't read Rob't Burns aloud without falling into that same trap. [ Reply ]
midreaming Aug 23, 2012 - 19:19	closing my eyes, see Woody sitting, leaning on the flat wheel of an old ford. it's an immigrant road. a dust bowl okie, singing to himself and the setting sun [ Reply ]
linden Jul 23, 2012 - 09:18	Happy belated 100th birthday to Woody Guthrie! [ Reply ]
kingart Jul 23, 2012 - 09:18	Repetitive. Repetitive. Repetitive. [ Reply ]
fredriley May 21, 2012 - 02:44	Sloggydog wrote: Ummmm....this isn't serious is it? The accent is definitely Billy's normal accent. I think you are getting confused by what we would call the lyrics. Perhaps you would be happier if he sung "There is not one whom can sing like me"? Erm, I've heard Billy in concert, singing and speaking, sitting a few metres away from him such that I could see the spots on his face. He's got an Essex accent, being a Barking boy, narmean? On this song he's singing with a cod American accent, which he probably figures is in keeping with the song, but IMO he'd be better off keeping his normal accent and letting the lyrics speak for themselves. [ Reply ]
oooresultooo Apr 19, 2012 - 09:15	That is sooo true...there is nobody that can sing (as bad) as BILLY BRAGG! [ Reply ]
Jazbo Apr 19, 2012 - 09:14	Had to come in and help with the harmony.....8..Beautiful..... [ Reply ]
ScottFromWyoming Apr 05, 2012 - 05:51	Volume 3 of Mermaid Avenue out this month in celebration of Woody's 100th. Download only unless you buy the box set. [ Reply ]
RKeaton Mar 18, 2012 - 19:44	At first I felt weird saying that thinking about this song takes me back, but then again it has been 14 years which is a fair spell. I ate this record up back then. This track is a gem. [ Reply ]
salzburg4321 Dec 14, 2011 - 10:15	Nathalie ruined it for me [ Reply ]
MiracleDrug Dec 14, 2011 - 10:11	scrubbrush wrote: great lyrics and harmony but a little dull and repetitive. a little? [ Reply ]
Proclivities Aug 10, 2011 - 07:08	CMax wrote: Was that Natalie Merchant singing in this song? She sings on a couple of tunes on this album. "Birds and Ships" is very nice. [ Reply ]
nalle Aug 10, 2011 - 07:07	A great song from a great album. [ Reply ]
sirdroseph Jun 08, 2011 - 07:04	CMax wrote: Was that Natalie Merchant singing in this song? Oh now, that is just totally uncalled for! [ Reply ]
CMax Jun 08, 2011 - 07:02	I hear Natalie Merchant! Love it! [ Reply ]
(former member) May 07, 2011 - 16:36	phillips wrote: awesome album. when i first bought it, i listened to it for months. Interesting, because a friend gave me this and I have literally never opened it. Worried that it won't meet expectations. [ Reply ]
lexica May 07, 2011 - 16:32	Love this song. Snarkily amused at the way the line "ain't nobody that can sing like me" makes Bragg-haters go all twitchy and cranky. Billy Bragg is like Tom Waits — very few people are neutral about them. [ Reply ]
Mojoboy Mar 05, 2011 - 13:46	calypsus_1 wrote: Billy Bragg - Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key (w/ Wilco & Natalie Merchant ): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqFmNUz7WhY With lyrics by Woody Gurthie, from 1998's "Mermaid Avenue" "Why don't they play this real stuff/ real music withï»¿ real feeling depth n integrity on the damn radio? this is the real shit. timeless, lovely, quality music. billy bragg is my favorite. period. always n forever may his music be known and appreciated." useacondompeople I totally agree with calypsus [ Reply ]