Some Got Six Months – Robert Pete Williams - 1959
Some got six months,some got a solid year
But me and my buddy we got life time here.
Some got six months,some got a solid year
But me and my buddy we got life time here.
Six months,oh baby , let me go to bed,
I’ve drunk white lightnin’,
Gone to my head.
(aside) It gone to my head
I’ve got so much time , darlin’,
It worryin’ me ,oh babe,
You know this time killin’ (me) (?)
But I just can help it,darlin’, I just got to roll.
You know that ole judge must been mad,
Yeah hey that ole judge must been mad, darlin’
When he gave me my sentence,
He throwed the book at (me).
First time in trouble,I done get no fair trial at all, oh Lord.
Seem like to me , baby, they locked the poor boy in jail. (?)
But me and my buddy we got life time here.
Some got six months,some got a solid year
But me and my buddy we got life time here.
Six months,oh baby , let me go to bed,
I’ve drunk white lightnin’,
Gone to my head.
(aside) It gone to my head
I’ve got so much time , darlin’,
It worryin’ me ,oh babe,
You know this time killin’ (me) (?)
But I just can help it,darlin’, I just got to roll.
You know that ole judge must been mad,
Yeah hey that ole judge must been mad, darlin’
When he gave me my sentence,
He throwed the book at (me).
First time in trouble,I done get no fair trial at all, oh Lord.
Seem like to me , baby, they locked the poor boy in jail. (?)
Contributed by Pluck - 2024/2/23 - 10:04
Note .
“ Some Got Six Months” Robert Pete Williams accompanying himself on the guitar.
In this extemporaneus piece of biography, Robert Pete Williams sometimes omits a word and lets the guitar speak it for him .
When Richard Allen asked Robert Pete to sing a song about doing time in prison,he replied he didn’t know such a song,but he would make one up.
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Il termine white lightning (lampo bianco) era uno dei termini usati per descrivere i distillati prodotti illecitamente negli Stati Uniti
“ Some Got Six Months” Robert Pete Williams accompanying himself on the guitar.
In this extemporaneus piece of biography, Robert Pete Williams sometimes omits a word and lets the guitar speak it for him .
When Richard Allen asked Robert Pete to sing a song about doing time in prison,he replied he didn’t know such a song,but he would make one up.
*****
Il termine white lightning (lampo bianco) era uno dei termini usati per descrivere i distillati prodotti illecitamente negli Stati Uniti
Pluck - 2024/2/23 - 21:53
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