Tuba Skinny- Opening number for the 1st set at the Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival 8/30/24

Got a Man in the Bama Mines-
Merline Johnson (The Yas Yas Girl) 1937
"Yas yas" was a euphemism for buttocks in hokum blues songs.

Original recording
   • Got A Man In The Bama Mine - Yas Yas ...  

Lyrics:
You can leave me if you want to, I'm givin' you a break.
But don't come back home cryin' over your mistake.
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I've got a man in the 'Bama mine.
I can spend his dollar, like I can his dime.
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My man is down in da mine he got a Cadillac 8.
And I got the job to keep his business strait.
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I got a man in the mine who'll stand right up for me.
He rolls my biscuits right just every night for me.
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Yes I got a man in the mine, you wimens better try an' get a man like me,
He may look dusty when he comes out, but I swear he (knows what it's all about)
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You let your women fool you and give me the airs.
I try to be in reason, now I don't even care.
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Go ahead bajingo he don't come no more,
The fastest move you make is to dog gone slow.

Robin Rapuzzi, washboard
Shaye Cohn, cornet
Barnabus Jones, trombone
Max Bien-Kahn, banjo/ guitar
Greg Sherman, vocals/guitar
Riley Goodemote, sousaphone
Erika Lewis, vocals/bass drum
Craig Flory, clarinet

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