oneighty
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Sun Jan-15-06 07:37 PM
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The hand cranked victrola is singing Hallelujah |
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Hallelujah i'm a bum Hallelujah bum again Hallelujah give me a hand To revive me again.
Carl and I sit there on the floor laughing at the music which was about ten years older than we were. We and our friends added verses:
I went to a house and And asked for some onions A lady came out and stepped On my bunions.
And so on.
Out in the woods near the New York Central RR tracks in my secret place the Hoboes had a camp. Carl and I visited the Hoboes against orders from our family. The Hoboes were sad hungry interesting people. It was people like them that wrote the 'Hallelujah Song' back in 1933 or so.
I was born in 1934. I have memories going back into my very early years. Even though Dad had a job we were poor and hungry.
My secret place out there in the woods waits patiently for the next generation of Hoboes.
Hallelujah we ain't Bums. Not yet.
But we are not immune.
Just so.
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JitterbugPerfume
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Sun Jan-15-06 08:07 PM
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1. a story about that song----- |
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Edited on Sun Jan-15-06 08:14 PM by JitterbugPerfume
My friend Cindy was telling me about a song her grandmother used to sing to her:
"Hallelujah I'm a Bum"
We were going to the antique store because she wanted to purchase an old fashioned victrola.
There were several victrolas available , but on one of the nicer turn tables there was a record (an old 78)
The record was:
"Hallelujah I'm a Bum"
The clerk threw it in free
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Sun Jan-15-06 09:25 PM
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2. i used to listen to that on my grannie's victorola |
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and the two black crows, and bessie smith.
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Sun Jan-15-06 09:41 PM
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Song has picked up new verses over the years.
Hey mopaul
How you is?
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Sun Jan-15-06 09:45 PM
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4. i'm fartin' through silk |
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Edited on Sun Jan-15-06 09:45 PM by mopaul
translation: i'm doin' o.k., hope you are too m'man
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oneighty
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Sun Jan-15-06 09:52 PM
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I though you said Ma'am.
Sniff.
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