Woman Woman Blues

DESCRIPTION: Singer complains that his "good little woman" breaks his heart. "She's a married woman," "ain't anything but a stavin' chain." He wants her to "love me down there."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1930 (StuffDreams2)
KEYWORDS: sex bawdy floatingverses nonballad lover
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Ishman Bracey, "Woman Woman Blues" (on StuffDreams2)
NOTES [132 words]: Ishman Bracey modifies a couple of floating verses: "I went to the depot ... read up on the board Says your baby ain't here She's a long ways up the road" and "I got to settin' down studyin' 'Bout my old time used to be ... I studied so hard 'Til the blues crept up on me."
This "Stavin' Chain" reference calls to mind Lil Johndson's recording, "Got your horse out my stable, back in my bed, I got another guy, Can get yourself another mare, Now you can't ride, honey, you can't ride my train, I'm the chief engineer, Going to run it like Stavin' Chain." ("Stavin' Chain (That Rockin' Swing") (Vocalion unissued, 1937); on Document DOCD 5309). [See also the song "Stavin Chain." - RBW] Whatever the "Stavin' Chain" reference originally meant, in this context it is someone who is in charge. - BS
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