HOT CORN PONE=============Keep that corn pone coming, now babyKeep that skillet hotKeep that corn pone coming, now babyKeep that skillet hotWe got no money in our passbook savingsBut there's turnip greens in the potMy baby makes hot corn poneAnd I love her johnnycakesMy baby makes hot corn poneAnd I love her johnnycakesAnd when she's cooking up a mess of frittersIt's more than I can takeMy baby keeps bacon drippinsIn an old blue Mason jarMy baby keeps bacon drippinsIn an old blue Mason jarAnd when she's cooking up a mess of chickenThe men come from near and farBut my baby makes hot corn poneAnd it ain't for nobody elseMy baby makes hot corn poneAnd it ain't for nobody elseShe keeps that old iron skillet real busyAnd I keep her for myself
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Thanx, recent commenters. I seem to write about food more often than would be statistically probable. The great thing about the blues, though, is that it makes everything sound naughtier than it is, so nobody ever thinks, "No, he literally wrote a song about cornbread." I finished a deluxe recording of this the other day with 2 homemade guitars and some really janky percussion.
eK: I was thinking "greasy," but "snarly" is good, too. Thx!
Great song. Great performance. Sounds right out of the 1930s. Double entendres were and are a fun and traditional part of blues. Thanks for the lyrics.
WM: That would probably be the one..."Electricity" is a bit fluid, vocal-wise. There are some things I just can not sing and play at the same time...you know "Come As You Are" by Nirvana and "Meantime" by Helmet? I couldn't do 'em when I was 15, and I still can't at 35 (not that those would be even remotely high on my list of Songs To Play For People today; it just still strikes me as odd).
Hound: yep. Everything I've posted so far is original, although I've been trying to work on a few covers. "Electricity" or "Sure 'Nuff n' Yes I Do" by Beefheart, maybe some White Stripes or Tom Waits.
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Sounds Great!... corn popping good stuff
Thanx, recent commenters. I seem to write about food more often than would be statistically probable. The great thing about the blues, though, is that it makes everything sound naughtier than it is, so nobody ever thinks, "No, he literally wrote a song about cornbread." I finished a deluxe recording of this the other day with 2 homemade guitars and some really janky percussion.
eK: I was thinking "greasy," but "snarly" is good, too. Thx!
Nice tune and performance. Real down & snarly blues. Makin' me hungry for more!
Songs about food BBQ and fish fry. Nice Blues Gus
Great song. Great performance. Sounds right out of the 1930s. Double entendres were and are a fun and traditional part of blues. Thanks for the lyrics.
WM: That would probably be the one..."Electricity" is a bit fluid, vocal-wise. There are some things I just can not sing and play at the same time...you know "Come As You Are" by Nirvana and "Meantime" by Helmet? I couldn't do 'em when I was 15, and I still can't at 35 (not that those would be even remotely high on my list of Songs To Play For People today; it just still strikes me as odd).
cool ! would like to hear Sure Nuff ' n yes i do" ! chrz wmp
Thank you all kindly.
Hound: yep. Everything I've posted so far is original, although I've been trying to work on a few covers. "Electricity" or "Sure 'Nuff n' Yes I Do" by Beefheart, maybe some White Stripes or Tom Waits.
Really nice. Like the lyrics. Yours?
Nice one Gus!!!
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