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Sally Whiskey (Rev. Gary Davis)

from The Last Shot Got Him by Scott Ainslie

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"Sally, Where'd You Get Your Liquor From" marks this as one of Rev. Gary Davis' party songs from Durham NC in the late 20s or early 1930s (before he gave up the blues and turned his work toward gospel and spiritual music with the advent of his second marriage). A more athletic guitar part is hard to imagine, though Gary played them!

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Sally Whiskey (Rev. Gary Davis)

Old man Peter was a mighty man,
Combed his head with a frying pan,
Washed his face in a wagon wheel,
Died with a toothache in his heel.
Sally, where’d you get your liquor from?
Where’d you get it?
(Man downtown.)
All you’re good for, woman, is to get drunk and clownin’
Where’d you get your liquor from?
(Man downtown.)

Sally you just ain’t no doggone good
I would get rid of you Sally, if I could.
The old mule kick, the little cow prance.
Big sow whistled while the little pig dance.

Tell me, where’d you get your liquor from?
Where’d you get it?
(Man downtown.)
The only thing you’re
good for, woman, is just gettin” drunk and clownin’
Where’d you get your liquor from?
(Man downtown.)

I come in one evening about half past four.
Sally got my food and strewn it all over the floor.
There’s just one thing Sally, I’m going to do:<
I’m going to get me a woman treat me better than you.

Sally went up on the hill with a glass in her hand.
Trying to find another drunk so she can raise some more sand.
You ain’t worth the salt that goes in your bread.
Ain’t worth the ounce o’ lead ‘takes to make you dead.

Bullfrog jumped up on the pulpit stand.
He preached the gospel good as a natural man.
I can get your liquor just any old day.
But all these good looking women they just won’t let me pay.

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from The Last Shot Got Him, track released September 22, 2014

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Scott Ainslie Brattleboro, Vermont

A long history with older black blues and gospel players in the mid-South marks Ainslie's work deeply. He transcribed all of Robert Johnson's recorded songs for "Robert Johnson/At The Crossroads" (Hal Leonard, 1992) and has a teaching DVD on Johnson's music. A fine songwriter with a social conscience and a belief in the power of music to move and inspire, Ainslie's voice is a great force for good! ... more

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