Sporting Life Blues

DESCRIPTION: "I got a letter from my home, Most of my friends are dead and gone... That sporting life is killing me." The singer describes all the rowdy things he has done, wishes he had listened to his mother, and decides that he should marry and settle down
AUTHOR: Generally attributed to Brownie McGhee
EARLIEST DATE: 1973
KEYWORDS: rambling drink gambling
FOUND IN: US
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Silber/Silber-FolksingersWordbook, p. 74, "Sporting Life Blues" (1 text)
DT, SPRTLIFE
File: FSWB074

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