Poor Man Blues

DESCRIPTION: "I never had a barrel of money... I'm gonna die and go to heaven, There I'll set and sing. Lord, this song ain't nothin'... But a poor man singin' the blues." The singer misses his girl. He will go home to East Virginia to stay. Other verses float
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1973
KEYWORDS: love separation home hardtimes poverty
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Silber/Silber-FolksingersWordbook, p. 80, "Poor Man Blues" (1 text)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Boll Weevil [Laws I17]" (floating lyrics)
File: FSWB081B

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