Blues Ain't Nothin', De

DESCRIPTION: "I'm gonna build myself a raft An' float dat ribber down, I'll build myself a shack In some ol' Texas town... 'Cause de blues ain't nothin... But a good man feelin' bad." The singer will go to the levee and rock until her sweetheart comes -- if he does
AUTHOR: (Attributed to Leroy "Lasses" White)
EARLIEST DATE: 1916 (recording, George O'Connor)
KEYWORDS: separation nonballad river
FOUND IN: US
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Sandburg-TheAmericanSongbag, pp.234-235 , "De Blues Ain' Nothin'" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #4759
RECORDINGS:
George O'Connor, "Nigger Blues" (Columbia A2064, 1916; on Protobilly)
Georgia White, "The Blues Ain't Nothin' But..." (Decca 7562, 1938; on Protobilly)
File: San234

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