 Reefer Blues (1936) [ larger cover art ] |
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My fur coat's sold
Oh Lord ain't it cold
But I'm not gonna holler
'cause I've still got a dollar
And when I get low
Oh, I get high
My man walked out
Now you know that ain’t right
He better watch out
If I meet him tonight
I said when I get low
Oh, I get high
All this hard luck in this town has found me
Nobody knows but the troubles are all around me
Oh, I’m all alone
With no one to pet me
My old rocking chair
Ain’t never gonna get me
‘cause when I get low
Oh, I get high
When I get low
Oh, I get high
Oh Lord ain't it cold
But I'm not gonna holler
'cause I've still got a dollar
And when I get low
Oh, I get high
My man walked out
Now you know that ain’t right
He better watch out
If I meet him tonight
I said when I get low
Oh, I get high
All this hard luck in this town has found me
Nobody knows but the troubles are all around me
Oh, I’m all alone
With no one to pet me
My old rocking chair
Ain’t never gonna get me
‘cause when I get low
Oh, I get high
When I get low
Oh, I get high
| :+:_DL (RVA) | Posted: Mar 05, 2013 - 10:10 JHZ wrote: "Then it's bandstand, disneyland, growin up fast Drinkin on a fake i.d. Yeah, and rama of the jungle was everyones bawana But only jazz musicians were smokin marijuana Yeah, I wish I had a pencil thin mustache Then I could solve some mysteries too" Jimmy Buffett (Pencil Thin Mustache) apparently knew that Jazz musicans liked that particular kind of smoke. We're talking about good music, there's no need to bring Jimmy Buffet in here. |
| coloradojohn (A Mile High and then some, Cherry Creek, Denver) | Posted: Jan 01, 2013 - 18:15 How nice to hear her when she was young; makes me think of Caro Emerald's (likely imitated but why not copy the best?) stylings, too... I'm not surprised the musicians of even that era were fond of smoking the herb...of course, the music world was hip to it! |
| Sasha2001 (The business end of Bloomberg's education machine.) | Posted: Dec 01, 2012 - 09:28 kcar wrote: Why Ella! I never knew you toked...Her voice sounds so young. Aside from the Mexican migrant workers who brought the stuff across the border, reefer was imbibed almost exclusively by African Americans before it's prohibition in 1937. |
| JHZ | Posted: Sep 29, 2012 - 13:57 kcar wrote: Why Ella! I never knew you toked...Her voice sounds so young. "Then it's bandstand, disneyland, growin up fast Drinkin on a fake i.d. Yeah, and rama of the jungle was everyones bawana But only jazz musicians were smokin marijuana Yeah, I wish I had a pencil thin mustache Then I could solve some mysteries too" Jimmy Buffett (Pencil Thin Mustache) apparently knew that Jazz musicans liked that particular kind of smoke. |
| GarageDragon | Posted: Sep 29, 2012 - 13:57 This. This is why I support this station. That was completely refreshing. |
| Boy_Wonder (Bath, back in the UK) | Posted: Sep 29, 2012 - 13:56 'When I get low.... I get high' Go girl!! |
| kcar | Posted: Jul 28, 2012 - 15:07 Why Ella! I never knew you toked...Her voice sounds so young. |