Clarksdale Moan

DESCRIPTION: "Clarksdale, Mississippi always going to be my home." "I can have a good time there and not have one lousy dime." "Every day in the week I go down to Midtown Drugs, Get me a bottle o' snuff, and a bottle of Alcorub."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1930 (StuffDreams1)
KEYWORDS: home drink drugs nonballad
HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
1919 - The Volstead Act estabishes prohibition of "intoxicating liquors" to carry out the 18th amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
1933 - The 21st amendment to the U.S. Constitution ends prohibition.
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BROADSIDES:
Son House, "Clarksdale Moan" (on StuffDreams1)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Got the Jake Leg Too" (Prohibition alcohol surrogates) and references there
NOTES [69 words]: Three line blues: the first line is repeated -- more or less -- and the last line completes the thought.
During prohibition rubbing alcohol [Alcorub, i.e. isopropyl alcohol - RBW] was among the surrogates people drank as a replacement for illegal "intoxicating liquors." It was intended as a massage liniment and was never safe to drink. - BS
For more on these alcohol substitutes, see "Got the Jake Leg Too." - RBW
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