Three Nights' Experience- Keel (FL) 1939 Lomax
NOTES: See Section 19 of the fieldnotes: State Penitentiary, Raiford, Florida; June 2-5; Name also spelled as: Colon Reed; Place also spelled as: Florida State Prison; Raiford Penitentiary; 6/3/1939
Three Nights' Experience- Colon Keel (guitar and vocal), State Farm, Raiford, Union County, Florida
Listen: http://memory.loc.gov/afc/afcss39/270/2709b1.mp3
I come in one Saturday night,
As drunk as I could be,
Found another man's horse in the stable
Where my horse ought to be.
Said, "Come here, little wifie,
Explain this thing to me,
How come a horse in the stable
Where my horse ought to be?"
You crazy fool, you doggone old fool,
Now can't you never see?
It's nothing but a milk-cow
Your granny gave to me.
I've rambled this world over
Ten thousand miles or more;
And a saddle on a milk-cow's back
I never have seen before.
2. I come in one Saturday night,
As drunk as I could be,
Found another man's coat a-hanging o n the rack
Where my horse ought to be.
Said, "Come here, little wifie,
Explain this thing to me,
How come a coat a-hanging on the rack
Where my coat ought to be?"
You crazy fool, you doggone old fool,
Now can't you never see?
It's nothing but a bed quilt
Your granny gave to me.
I've rambled this world over
Ten thousand miles or more;
And a pocket on a bed quilt
I never have seen before.
3. I come in one Saturday night,
As drunk as I could be,
Found another man's head a-laying in the bed
Where my head ought to be.
Said, "Come here, little wifie,
Explain this thing to me,
How come another man's head a-laying in the bed
Where my horse ought to be?"
You crazy fool, you doggone old fool,
Now can't you never see?
It's nothing but a cabbage head
Your granny gave to me.
I've rambled this world over
Ten thousand miles or more;
And a mustache on cabbage head
I never have seen before.