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Ain't That Trouble In Mind
Old-time Bluegrass Breakdown;
ARTIST: Fields Ward & the Grayson County Railsplitters
CATEGORY: Fiddle and Instrumental Tunes DATE: 1929
RECORDING INFO: 1. Blevins, Frank; and His Tarheel Rattlers. Goin' Up Town. Old Time String Bands, Vol. 2, Marimac 9111, Cas (198?), trk# B.04 [1928/04/17] (Don't Get Trouble in (Your) Mind) 2. Bogtrotters (Bog Trotters). Original Bogtrotters, Biograph RC 6003, LP (1968), trk# 4 [1937-42] 3. Connor, Sam. Appalachia, The Old Traditions, Home Made Music LP-001, LP (1983), trk# A.06 [1979/08/08] (Don't Get Trouble in (Your) Mind) 4. Mainer's Mountaineers (J. E. Mainer's Mountaineers). J. E. Mainer's Crazy Mountaineer's, Vol. 1, Old-Timey LP 106, LP (197?), trk# 1 [1937/08/05?] (Don't Get Trouble in (Y 5. Stecher, Jody; and Krishna Bhatt. Rasa, Rooster Rstr-115, LP (1982), trk# 7b (Don't Get Trouble on Your Mind) 6. Ward, Crockett; & his Boys. Round the Heart of Old Galax, Vol 2., County 534, LP (1980), trk# A.06 [1927/09/26] 7. Ward, Fields; and his Buck Mountain Band. Early Country Music. Vol. 1, Historical HLP 8001, LP (197?), trk# A.02 [1929/03/29]
RELATED TO: Mollie/Molly and Tenbrooks; Quit that Ticklin' Me; Ain’t That Skippin’ and Flyin,
OTHER NAMES: “Don’t Get Trouble in Mind”
SOURCES: HM Belden; Frank Brown’s Collection;
NOTES: Recorded first by Crockett Ward in 1927, “Ain't That Trouble In Mind” is a part of the Mollie and Tenbrooks family of songs that includes “Quit that Ticklin' Me” and “Ain’t That Skippin’ and Flyin’.” The song is not related to the blues song, “Trouble in Mind” credited to Richard Jones.
Here are the lyrics to: “Ain't That Trouble In Mind”
Trouble, oh trouble, it’s trouble all the time
If trouble don’t kill me, I’ll live a long time.
Ain’t that trouble in mind, Ain’t that trouble in mind
My Mammy told me something, my Daddy told me more
I ever I married in my life, bring trouble in the door
Ain’t that trouble in mind, Ain’t that trouble in mind
What my Mammy tells me will sure to come to pass
A-drinkin’ and a-gamblin’ will be my running last
Ain’t that trouble in mind, Ain’t that trouble in mind
What my Daddy tells me it’s sure to be done
I’ll live a couple of centuries Before I’m twenty-one
Ain’t that trouble in mind, Ain’t that trouble in mind
Sometimes I have money, sometimes I have none,
When I get on a drunken spree my money’s soon all gone.
Ain’t that trouble in mind, Ain’t that trouble in mind
Sometimes I drink one dram sometimes I drink two
When I get on a drunken spree no telling what I’ll do
Ain’t that trouble in mind, Ain’t that trouble in mind
My daddy told me to marry but not for riches
Marry a gal six feet tall so she can’t wear my britches
Ain’t that trouble in mind, Ain’t that trouble in mind
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