The 'Little Black Egg' is the universe. The 'little white specks' are stars. 'The Tree' is the Tree of Life. "Here comes Mary, here comes Lee" (short for Levi) refers to Catholicism and Judaism. "I won't let them stretch their necks" refers to keeping the (Masonic) secrets of the universe safe. "Oh Gol-durn! What can I do?" refers to mankind's helplessness before the Creator and eternal damnation. "The little Black Egg's gonna tell on you" refers to our sins being revealed after our death.
This is the first song I learned on the guitar. I was 10 years old and it was a hit on the AM radio. I had a Sears Silvertone acoustic sunburst in color. I'm 51 now, and it just poped in my head to youtube and see if its out there, and sure enough, here it is. I didn't detech the regae you mentioned, but a great job non he less!! Rock on brothers!!!!!
You guys did that g r e a t
vmax1993 9 months ago
@vmax1993 Thank you!
RockofAgesTheBand 2 months ago
nice effort. white man reggae-see THE POLICE
panhead55 1 year ago
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The 'Little Black Egg' is the universe. The 'little white specks' are stars. 'The Tree' is the Tree of Life. "Here comes Mary, here comes Lee" (short for Levi) refers to Catholicism and Judaism. "I won't let them stretch their necks" refers to keeping the (Masonic) secrets of the universe safe. "Oh Gol-durn! What can I do?" refers to mankind's helplessness before the Creator and eternal damnation. "The little Black Egg's gonna tell on you" refers to our sins being revealed after our death.
garthfromseattle 1 year ago
It doesn't sound reggae... Kind of a Southern Marshall Tucker/Outlaws countrified vocal influence perhaps?
titostacos 2 years ago
This is the first song I learned on the guitar. I was 10 years old and it was a hit on the AM radio. I had a Sears Silvertone acoustic sunburst in color. I'm 51 now, and it just poped in my head to youtube and see if its out there, and sure enough, here it is. I didn't detech the regae you mentioned, but a great job non he less!! Rock on brothers!!!!!
crushedvelvet1 3 years ago
You folks have exquisite taste! What a great song -- and you do a fantastic version -- even changing the bridge a little bit. Bravo from Chicago!
jlotus 3 years ago
Hey thanks J! it's a fun song from the get-go and we tried to reggae it up a lil' bit. Thanks again.
RockofAgesTheBand 3 years ago