Cocaine Blues (LUKE JORDAN, August 1927) Ragtime Guitar Legend

[catkittycatkittycat]

They gave coke to horses back in the day? LOL! got them going I bet.

[catkittycatkittycat]

NICE!!!! lol!! I love it

[grpharmony]

a little country joe & fish singing "feel like i'm fixin to die rag"...awesome

[johnnyjolijt]

I tought I knew all the "old" blues singers. Never heard of him before.

My bad, he's great!

[MP42053]

Sorry I couldn't fit all the lyrics in one post, I'm new at this. Hope this helps some people though even with some of the words being unintelligible. This was one of the original in a long serious of songs called "Cocaine Blue"

Cocaine Blues

(Luke Jordan)

Oh go on, gal, don't you take me for no fool

I'm not gonna quit you, pretty mama, while the weather's cool

Around your back door, oh honey, I'm gonna creep

As long as you make those two and a half a week

[MP42053]

Now I got a girl, she works in the white folk's yard She brings me meal, I can swear she brings me lard She brings me meat, she brings me lard She brings me everything, I swear, that she can steal Now Barn and Beale's (?) circus came to town, They had an elephant looking good and brown They did not know it was against the law For the monk to stop at a five drugstore Just around the corner, just a minute too late, Another one's standin' at the big back gate I'm simply wild about my good cocaine

[jet936]

@MP42053 Barnum and Bailey's Circus maybe ?

[catkittycatkittycat]

@jet936 sounds right

[MP42053]

I called my Cora, hey hey

She come on sniffin' with her nose all sore,

The doctor swore (she's) gonna smell no more

Sayin', run doctor, ring the bell - the women in the alley

I'm simply wild about my good cocaine

Now the furniture man came to my house, it was last Sunday morn

He asked me was my wife at home and I told him she had long gone

He backed his wagon up to my door, took everything I had

He carried it back to the furniture store and I swear I did feel sad

[MP42053]

I called my Cora, hey hey

She come on sniffin' with her nose all sore,

Doctor swore (she's) gonna smell no more

Sayin' coke's for horses, not women nor men

The doctor said it will kill you, but he didn't say when

I'm simply wild about my good cocaine

[MP42053]

Now the baby's in the cradle in New Orleans, it kept a-whippin' till it got so mean It kept a-whippin had to fix it so (indecipherable) Saying, run doctor, ring the bell - the women in the alley I'm simply wild about my good cocaine I called my Cora, hey hey She come on sniffin' with her nose all sore, The doctor swore (she's) gonna smell no more Sayin', run doctor, ring the bell - the women in the alley I'm simply wild about my good cocaine

[billieshawn]

Wow, I think Superhardshell is right. Part of Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die Blues comes straight out of this. Did Joe McDonald have a killer collection of 78's ? I remember when we all sang Fixin to Die in a troop transport truck at Ft Leonard Wood, MO, in the winter of '72. No wonder they gave up the draft in 1973.

[fubar50cat]

I have never heard this song before. Thank you, ragtime, for turning me on, and I do not mean to the cocaine. Great song, will look for more of Luke Jordan

[zarcangel]

The message is so clear after all these years, The Pusher man... ... took everything I had.

I say leave it for the Horses.

[beapolive]

@zarcangel the doc said it'd kill ya but he didn't say when

quit a-sniffing, go a-singing instead

[genebh1]

What a great original/clean recording. Gonna have 2 investigate this guy.........

[whocares1694]

He sings "Cocain's for horses not for men...." the part from the version we all like. Shows how bits and pieces of material were borrowed for other arrangements thru the years.

[ice322]

if any body wants this song here is a torrent

search this Blues_VA _The_Roots_Of_Rap_ Classics_From_20s_and_30s in the pirate bay

[DAVO1984FI]

Excluding the theme of the tune, this piece is soo good. Lost pearl!!!

[saintsph21]

jeff buckley kind of sounded like this guy unless its just me

[SuperHardshell]

Great voice and a good flow of the music--good stuff. Loved to have seen this guy. Now I know where Country Joe McDonald got his riff on 1 2 3 what are we fightin for, dont ask me I dont give a damn next stop is VietNam etc

[MrFabiodagostino]

best song on cocaine

[pealia]

Thanks so so so so so much for posting this

[titostacos]

I thought this would be that "Cocaine all around my brain" song. This one's good too.

[avantlalettre]

I need more of this...

[RagtimeDorianHenry]

@iwwobblie sure !

this is " blues rag "

[420Cannabis]

@iwwobblie Who says a Piedmont blues song can't be a ragtime chord progression? Ragtime blues is Piedmont. Quit being a know it all douchebag and listen to the music.

[busessuck1]

@420Cannabis Exactly... these styles overlap and are derived from the same sources anyhow

I was just listening to gospel songs by zither playing washington phillips and it reminded me of how great this was

[haashond]

very nice upload

[Pentagonshark666]

a masterpiece.

[Pentagonshark666]

a very legendary song and by a good singer.

[lyricspost]

[5/5]

Now the baby's in the cradle in New Orleans

The dog's getting whippin til the baby got mean

Stopped the whippin til the baby got sore

Mama said she couldn't smell no more

Sayin, go doctor, ring the bell-the women in the alley

I'm simply wild about my good cocaine

SOURCE: Luke Jordan 'Cocaine Blues' Vi 20176. Recorded Tuesday 16 August 1927 in Charlotte NC.

[lyricspost]

[4/5]
If ever there was a devil born w/out horns
It must have been a furniture man
*Repeat CHORUS

Now the baby's in the cradle in New Orleans

It kept a-whippin til it got so mean

It kept a-whippin had to fix it (?)

Sayin, run doctor, ring the bell-the women in the alley

I'm simply wild about my good cocaine

*Repeat CHORUS

[lyricspost]

[3/5]

Now the furniture man came to my house, it was last Sunday morn

He asked me was my wife at home & I told him she had long gone

He backed his wagon up to my door, took everything I had

He carried it back to the furniture store & I swear I did feel sad

What in the world has anyone got for dealing w/ the furniture man

If you got no dough you stand no show, it's certain he'll back you back

He'll take everything from an earthly plant, from a skillet to a frying pan

[lyricspost]

[2/5] Now Barnum & Bailey Circus came to town Had an elephant looking good & brown Didn't know it was against the law For the monkey to stop at a five drugstore Just around the corner just a minute too late Another one's standin at the big back gate Im simply wild about my good cocaine *CHORUS: I called my Cora, hey hey She come on sniffin w/ her nose all sore The doctor swore she's gonna smell no more Sayin, run doctor, ring the bell-the women in the alley I'm simply wild about my good cocaine

[lyricspost]

LYRICSPOST COCAINE BLUES - Luke Jordan [1/5] Oh go on, gal, don't you take me for no fool I'm not gonna quit you, pretty mama, while the weather's cool Around your back door, oh honey, I'm gonna creep As long as you make those two & a half a week Now I got a girl, she works in the white folk's yard She brings me meal, I can swear she brings me lard She brings me meat, she brings me lard She brings me everything, I swear, that she can steal

[bostonteabagger71739]

what a crooner!

[bigtarrose]

Ragtime blues and cocaine.

[jameswp1946]

Cocaine was introduced in the mid

1890s as a wonder drug to cure headaches, gout etc. It was not until the early 1900's that it was realized that it was " causing problems." It was banned in the US in 1916

[SlowwHand]

Same time frame as Blind Lemon Jefferson. One of the first electrical recordings.

[yourmumisadick]

back in the days when they used coke in dentists and coca cola

[kladder]

absolutely beautiful

[sfdog1369]

Sweet!!!