Faraway Blues

DESCRIPTION: "I can stan' right here, goin' a thousand iles away.... I can imagine I can look right in my brown skin's face." When he came in last night, there was "another mule just kickin' in my stall." He may go to Tennessee to seek a woman. He won't be weary long
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1953 (MidwestFolklore)
KEYWORDS: travel adultery | mule blues
FOUND IN: US(MW)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
MidwestFolklore, Bruce R. Buckley, "'Uncle' Ira Cephas -- A Negro Folk Singer in Ohio," Volume 3, Number 1 (Spring 1953), pp. 12-13, "Faraway Blues" (1 text)
File: MWF3012

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