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Crow Jane on 3 string hubcap guitar & harp

Great blues by (I believe) Skip James. Check it out on youtube and also the version by iplaybanjonow.

Done here on the Olds hubcap git - tuned up to AEa and with straight (A) harp.

Crow Jane

Crow [I] , Jane, Crow [V] Jane, Crow Jane Don't you [IV] hold your head too [I] high.

Someday, baby, you [V] know you got to [I] die You got to [V] lay down and die.

[I] I want to buy me a [V] pistol and [IV] forty rounds of [I] ball.
Shoot Crow Jane [V] just to see her [I] fall. She got to [V] fall, she got to [I] fall.

And I wanta dig her [V] grave [IV] with a silver [I] spade.
I ain't gonna let no [V] body take her [I] place. No you [V] can't take her place

You know I [I] never missed my [V] water [IV] til my well went [I] dry.
I didn't miss Crow Jane [V] until she [I] ….. ‘Til the [V] day she died.

That’s [I] why I begged Crow [V] Jane , not to [IV] hold her head too [I] high.
Cause’ someday, baby, you [V] know you got to [I] die. You got to [V] lay down and die, ya got to [V] die.

And I [I] dug that woman’s [V] grave.. [IV] eight feet in the[I] ground.
I didn’t feel sorry un- [V] til they laid her [I] down.

That’s [I] why I begged Crow [V] Jane , not to [IV] hold her head too [I] high.
Cause’ someday, baby, you [V] know you got to [I] die. You got to [V] lay down and die, ya got to [V] die

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Comment by Uncle John on July 12, 2012 at 10:03pm: Thanks Rich. I love this old song. Thought I sang it good in places and not so good in others. Really liking the hubcap git with a covered bass mag pup (from Gitty). Had the amp down low.

Comment by Richard G Caudill on July 12, 2012 at 8:44pm: Missed this un ,, really good !!!! Best singing as yet ,,

Comment by Uncle John on July 11, 2012 at 9:08pm: Thanks Anders and RTZ.

RTZ, yes 'hilly' is good to describe her voice. She sure can play and sing.

Comment by RTZGUITARS on July 10, 2012 at 6:07pm: Hey John, That girl at Iplaybanjonow on youtube looks miserable when she play but she is good nice hilly voice.

Comment by Uncle John on July 10, 2012 at 2:00pm: Thanks Letha. I will take it as a compliment. I like the old 33rpm blues. And I'm glad if I have some of that sound.

Hey, check out this song on youtube by Skip James and a great modern day female blues player iplaybanjonow.

Comment by Letha Allen on July 9, 2012 at 10:09pm: John, every time I listen to your voice, I think how timeless and unique it is. When I close my eyes, it is like I am listening to a 33 rpm record...You know the RCA victor label with the big megaphone record player and dog? Hope you know I'm a complimenting lol. Thank you for sharing.

Comment by Uncle John on July 9, 2012 at 9:48pm: Thanks James and Maddog!

Comment by Maddog on July 9, 2012 at 12:52pm: Nicely done John, sorry to hear of the situation with Linda's friend.

Comment by James on July 9, 2012 at 7:00am: all dressed for church, and you do look sharp , or at least i think you do cant really tell in that light, and you decide to stay home and play a song, great stuff , song sounds great !!!

Comment by Uncle John on July 9, 2012 at 6:08am: Thanks RTZ. (RTZ is referring to Linda's best home town friend who is in hospice and dying of cancer a not quite 58 years of age).

Thanks Jason and Wes.

Thanks Owl. I guess I like murder songs too. This one, Frankie and Albert, The Long Black Veil, Knoxville Girl and....................