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Blues Lyrics - John Mayall's Bluesbreakers
Ridin' On The L&N
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by Burley / Hampton
recording of April 19-21 1987, Frankfurt, Germany
from
Life in the Jungle: Charly Blues Masterworks 4 (Charly BM4)
Around the bend in the L&N
They loaded it down with a lot of men
The whistle blow and threw the switch
Nobody knew just-a which one switch
I'm ridin', ridin on the L&N
I ain't
jivin'
, ridin' on the L&N
Well a man named Quin on
the L&N
Runnin'
around on how she's been
Train slowed down and the men jumped off
I wasn't dead 'cause I heard him callin'
I'm ridin', ridin' on the L&N
I ain't jivin', ridin' on the L&N
(Adrian Day offers this alternate transcription for the 2nd verse:
Well a man named Glen got the L & N
Heading round all Harsh ? and then
Train slowed down and Glen jumped out
He wasn't dead cos I heard him shout)
A man named Mose with a great big nose
Sleepin' on that pile of toes
The doctor came and he rang the bell
The palla alla
get well, well, well
I'm ridin', ridin' on the L&N
I ain't jivin', ridin' on the L&N
(Adrian Day offers this alternate transcription for the 3rd verse:
Well a man named Mose with a greta big nose
He was sleeping on a pile of clothes
Conductor came and ran the bell
The porter hollered - well well well
(Spoken: Walter Trout on guitar!)
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Note 1: L&N, the Louisville (Kentucky) & Nashville (Tennessee) Railroad (L&N) was chartered March 5 1850 and a 186 mile line was opened between its namesake cities on October 27, 1859. Pictures of the L&N are available at the site of the
The Louisville & Nashville Railroad Historical Society
Notes 3 and 4: Runnin' and "palla alla" these parts of the transcript are still very questionable, suggestions are
welcome
Thanks to John W. Harrelson for the correction. Thanks to Adrian Day for his alternate transcriptions.
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