I'd rather drink muddy water, an’ sleep in a hollow log.
I'd rather drink muddy water, an’ sleep in a hollow log.
Let me stay down here by this river, treated like a dirty dog.
Going up north, won't be back too far.
Going up north, won't be back too far.
And if everything is alright, won't be back at all.
Ain't it hard to stumble, got nowhere to fall.
Ain't it hard to stumble, got nowhere to fall.
In this whole wide world, got nowhere at all, nowhere at all.
Going up north, the water tastes like wine.
Going up north, the water tastes just like wine.
This old Texas water, tastes like turpentine, turpentine, muddy water.
I'd rather drink muddy water, an’ sleep in a hollow log.
Let me stay down here by this river, treated like a dirty dog.
Going up north, won't be back too far.
Going up north, won't be back too far.
And if everything is alright, won't be back at all.
Ain't it hard to stumble, got nowhere to fall.
Ain't it hard to stumble, got nowhere to fall.
In this whole wide world, got nowhere at all, nowhere at all.
Going up north, the water tastes like wine.
Going up north, the water tastes just like wine.
This old Texas water, tastes like turpentine, turpentine, muddy water.
Contributed by Pluck - 2025/10/16 - 20:45
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"I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water" is a song written / arranged by Austin Powell in 1939. The song was recorded by Powell's group The Cats and the Fiddle. Austin Powell's arrangement was based on a traditional blues-song.Most subsequent versions of this song follow the Austin Powell arrangement: Lou Rawls 1962, Aretha Franklin 1965, Electric Flag 1968 and Johnny Taylor 1969 to name a few.
Fonte:
Jopp’s Musical Flowers
Trascrizione soggetta a correzioni del testo della canzone, peraltro di dominio pubblico, “I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water “, attribuito a Woody Guthrie , come cantata da Richie Havens in occasione del Concerto Tributo a Woody Guthrie il 20 Gennaio 1968 alla Carnegie Hall di New York.
When you got no place to fall
Ain't it hard to stumble
When you got no place to fall
Possiamo affermare che anche in questa canzone tradizionale sono presenti rime improvvisate e comuni ad altre canzoni.