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Travelin' Riverside Blues (R. Johnson)

from Jealous Of The Moon by Scott Ainslie

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More evidence of an inestimable number of hours listening carefully and transcribing the scratchy recordings of this Delta blues legend. Track 9 on Jealous of the Moon!

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Travelin' Riverside Blues (Robert Johnson)

If your man gets personal, you want to have your fun. (2x)
Just come on back to Friar’s Point, mama, we can barrelhouse all night long.

I got women in Vicksburg, clean on into Tennessee. (2x)
But my Friar’s Point rider, now she hops all over me.

Ain’t gonna state no color, but her front teeth is crowned with gold. (2x)
She’s got a mortgage on my body and a lien on my soul.

Lord, I’m goin’ to Rosedale, goin’ take my rider by my side. (2x)
We can still barrelhouse, baby, cause it’s by that riverside.

Now, you can squeeze my lemon till the juice run down my ____
[Baby, you know what I’m talkin’ about…]
Yeah, you can squeeze my lemon till the juice run down my leg.
But I’m goin’ back to Friar’s Point, mama, if I be rockin’ to my end.

credits

from Jealous Of The Moon, track released September 22, 1995
Scott Ainslie, Guitar & Voice
Stephen Roues, Harmonica

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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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