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From: [email protected] (Bo Parker)
Subject: CRD: Deep Elem Blues
Here s "Deep Elem Blues" as done by Jerry Garcia and his (then new, now ex)
wife, Sara, on a 1963 bootleg. They do it bluegrass style. Very nice!
"Deep Elem" is Elm Street, the old red-light district in (I think?) Dallas.
CRD: Deep Elem Blues (traditional, CRD by Bo Parker, [email protected])
Once I knew a preacher,
Preached the Bible through and through,
He went down to Deep Elem,
Now his preachin days are through.
Chorus:
Oh sweet mama
Your daddy s got them Deep Elem blues.
Oh sweet mama
Your daddy s got them Deep Elem blues.
Once I had a girlfriend.
She meant the world to me.
She went down to Deep Elem,
Now she ain t what she used to be.
[chorus]
When you go down to Deep Elem,
Put your money in your socks.
Cause them women in Deep Elem
Will sure put you on the rocks.
[chorus]
If you go down to Deep Elem
To have a little fun,
Have your ten dollars ready
When the policeman comes.