I've got the key to the bushes, and I'm rarin' to go
I've got the key to the bushes, and I'm rarin' to go
I ought to leave here runnin' but that's, most too slow
Captain, captain, ha-ha, what's ta [sic] matter with Sal?
Captain, captain, ha-ha, what's ta matter with Sal?
You have worked my partner, you have killed my pal
Captain's got a big horse pistol, ah-ha, and he think he's bad
Captain's got a big horse pistol, ha-ha, and he think he's bad
I'm gonna take it this mornin', if he make me mad
I've got the key to the bushes, and I'm rarin' to go
I ought to leave here runnin' but that's, most too slow
Captain, captain, ha-ha, what's ta [sic] matter with Sal?
Captain, captain, ha-ha, what's ta matter with Sal?
You have worked my partner, you have killed my pal
Captain's got a big horse pistol, ah-ha, and he think he's bad
Captain's got a big horse pistol, ha-ha, and he think he's bad
I'm gonna take it this mornin', if he make me mad
Contributed by Pluck - 2024/12/30 - 20:23
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Bessie Tucker, vocal, K. D. Johnson, piano, Carl Davis, guitar.
Recorded by Bessie Tucker at a session in Dallas on October 17, 1929.
The song is almost a field holler , about escape from forced labor.
Bessie Tucker ( 1906 – 1933) was an American classic female blues, country blues, and Texas blues singer and songwriter. Little is known of her life outside the music industry.She is known to have recorded just twenty-four tracks, seven of which were alternate takes.
Years Active 1928-1929