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You Better Lie Down

from You Better Lie Down by Scott Ainslie

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Learned from a Florida field recording of Emmett Murray, made in 1980 by Dwight DeVane, Florida State Folklorist and blues musician. In open C-tuning (C-G-C-G-C-E). A folk masterpiece.

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You Better Lie Down (trad. Emmett Murray)

cd cover: you better lie down by scott ainslieCaptain got a way he got to stop
O’ waking me up at four o’clock.
All o’ you old, long time rounders,
You Better Lie Down.

Look mighty cloudy but it ain’t gon’ rain.
Look on the table it’s the same old thing.
All of you old, long time rounders,
You Better Lie Down.

Lay down late, but you get up soon.
Ain’t seen nothin’ but the stars and the moon.
All of you old, long time rounders,
You Better Lie Down.

Big piece o’ bacon and a little streak o’ lean;
Strong cup o’ coffee, ain’t no sugar been seen.*
All of you old, long time rounders,
You Better Lie Down.

If I’d a-known my Captain was mean,
I never would-a left St. Augustine.
All of you old, long time rounders,
You Better Lie Down.

Lay down late but you get up soon.
Ain’t seen nothin’ but the stars and the moon.
All of you old, long time rounders,
You Better Lie Down.

Might be crazy, but I ain’t no fool.
I’m goin’ back to Florida where I won’t have to plough no mule.
All of you old, long time rounders,
You Better Lie Down.

Look might cloudy but it ain’t gon’ rain.
Look on the table it’s the same old thing.
All of you old, long time rounders,
You Better Lie Down.

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from You Better Lie Down, track released September 22, 2002
Scott Ainslie, guitar and voice

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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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