Mississippi Jail House Groan

DESCRIPTION: Singer, in jail, sleeps "with my back turned to the wall." His woman brings coffee and tea -- everything but the jailhouse key. His parents say he has too many women; he looks at his mother, hangs his head, cries; if his woman kills him he's ready to die
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1928 (recording, Rube Lacy)
KEYWORDS: captivity prison floatingverses father lover mother prisoner
FOUND IN: US(SE)
RECORDINGS:
Rube [Reubin] Lacy, "Mississippi Jail House Groan" (Paramount 12629, 1928; on BefBlues1)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Midnight Special" (floating lyrics)
NOTES [15 words]: Again, the narrative in this song just sneaks under the wire as a ballad, but it does. - PJS
File: RcMJHG

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