Says, folks, I'm gonna tell you what depression has done to me
Aw, folks, I'm gonna tell you what depression has done to me
Says, it robbed me of my brown-skinned woman, and I'm worried as I can be
When I had my money I had women and friends hangin' around
When I had my money I had women and friends hangin' around
I done lost my money and my women and friends just can't be found
Lord, my flour barrel's empty, Lord, my money is gone
So my flour barrel is empty, Lord, my money is gone
So I'm trying to sing you, people, about this depression song
This depression's robbed me, mmmmmmmm, but
Says, I've got no women and, Lord, my friends is gone
Besides bein' broke, I'm lyin', left alone
Aw, folks, I'm gonna tell you what depression has done to me
Says, it robbed me of my brown-skinned woman, and I'm worried as I can be
When I had my money I had women and friends hangin' around
When I had my money I had women and friends hangin' around
I done lost my money and my women and friends just can't be found
Lord, my flour barrel's empty, Lord, my money is gone
So my flour barrel is empty, Lord, my money is gone
So I'm trying to sing you, people, about this depression song
This depression's robbed me, mmmmmmmm, but
Says, I've got no women and, Lord, my friends is gone
Besides bein' broke, I'm lyin', left alone
inviata da Bernart Bartleby - 4/12/2017 - 14:22
Lingua: Italiano
Stessa tematica di " Bad Depression Blues "di Josh White sia pur con testo e musica diversi è questa interpretazione
di Herman E. Johnson “ Depression blues “
fonte :
Flowlez.com
https://flowlez.com › songs › depression blues.
*****
Herman E. Johnson (1909-1975) è stato un chitarrista country blues americano . Fu registrato dal folklorista Harry Oster in Louisiana, nel 1961.
Tra le canzoni di Johnson, la sua "Depression Blues", un ricordo della sua frenetica ricerca di lavoro, è la più memorabile .
Wikipedia.
*****
L'Autore si rivolge,in cerca di lavoro, sia ad amici che a sconosciuti.Ma non trova impiego né in città e neppure nella mano d’opera della rete ferroviaria.
La mancanza di lavoro e il conseguente deterioramento del suo stato psico-fisico compromettono anche i suoi rapporti sentimentali di affetto e amore.
di Herman E. Johnson “ Depression blues “
fonte :
Flowlez.com
https://flowlez.com › songs › depression blues.
*****
Herman E. Johnson (1909-1975) è stato un chitarrista country blues americano . Fu registrato dal folklorista Harry Oster in Louisiana, nel 1961.
Tra le canzoni di Johnson, la sua "Depression Blues", un ricordo della sua frenetica ricerca di lavoro, è la più memorabile .
Wikipedia.
*****
L'Autore si rivolge,in cerca di lavoro, sia ad amici che a sconosciuti.Ma non trova impiego né in città e neppure nella mano d’opera della rete ferroviaria.
La mancanza di lavoro e il conseguente deterioramento del suo stato psico-fisico compromettono anche i suoi rapporti sentimentali di affetto e amore.
Herman E. Johnson - Depression Blues - 1961
I'm looking for a Depression in nineteen and sixty-one
And what grieves me so bad, I can't have no more fun
I've been driving, I've been walking, until my hands and feet is tired
And I been goin' here and yonder but I can't find a job
A man called me down in the alley, and I went there by myself
That man had a little job and give it to someone else
And I went out on the railroad, my friend told me to go
He had all the men he wanted and he wasn't gonna hire no more
Now I'll admit, the times is hard, and that is everywhere you go
And all I do for my little woman, she just don't be pleased no more
I walked all night long, my poor feet is soakin' wet
I's lookin' for that little woman but I haven't found her yet
I's lookin' for that little woman but I haven't found her yet
I don't take the daily paper, I don't have time to hear the news
I'm just a-rollin', rollin', rollin' with the Depression Blues
I'm gonna take you for my friend, whoever you might be
But if you hears of a job, will you break it on down to me?
I'm feeling sad and lonesome, but man, I been sad all day
But, well, I had a sweet little woman but unkindness drove her away
Well, it seem mighty hard, but I brought it all on myself
For she was so kind to me but I was lovin' someone else
*****
I'm looking for a Depression in nineteen and sixty-one
And what grieves me so bad, I can't have no more fun
I've been driving, I've been walking, until my hands and feet is tired
And I been goin' here and yonder but I can't find a job
A man called me down in the alley, and I went there by myself
That man had a little job and give it to someone else
And I went out on the railroad, my friend told me to go
He had all the men he wanted and he wasn't gonna hire no more
Now I'll admit, the times is hard, and that is everywhere you go
And all I do for my little woman, she just don't be pleased no more
I walked all night long, my poor feet is soakin' wet
I's lookin' for that little woman but I haven't found her yet
I's lookin' for that little woman but I haven't found her yet
I don't take the daily paper, I don't have time to hear the news
I'm just a-rollin', rollin', rollin' with the Depression Blues
I'm gonna take you for my friend, whoever you might be
But if you hears of a job, will you break it on down to me?
I'm feeling sad and lonesome, but man, I been sad all day
But, well, I had a sweet little woman but unkindness drove her away
Well, it seem mighty hard, but I brought it all on myself
For she was so kind to me but I was lovin' someone else
*****
inviata da Pluck - 4/2/2024 - 10:03
Video consigliato :
Herman E. Johnson, Depression blues
caricato Edith de Ronde 4:54 - YouTube
Herman E. Johnson, Depression blues
caricato Edith de Ronde 4:54 - YouTube
Pluck - 5/2/2024 - 08:10
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Parole e musica di Josh White, all’inizio della sua carriera, quando ancora era noto col suo nome per intero, Joshua.
Nella raccolta “First Recording Session 1932-1933”, pubblicata nel 1982 dall’austriaca “Earl Archives” (poi in due volumi dalla tedesca Disc De Luxe / Document)
Testo trovato su Weeniepedia, il bel sito di Weenie Campbell dedicato al blues
La depressione in questione non è ovviamente la malattia mentale, ma la Grande Depressione che colpì gli USA e il mondo alla fine degli anni 20 e che si protrasse per tutti i 30.
Solo per dare un’idea, i disoccupati salirono del +607% in USA; +129% in Gran Bretagna; +214% in Francia; +232% in Germania…
E sapete cosa ci volle per porre fine ad una crisi del genere: una bella guerra mondiale! Proprio come era successo già nella seconda metà dell’800, quando la crisi venne superata col colonialismo di rapina...
E così a fare i soldi, prima, durante e dopo le crisi, sono sempre i ricchi, e a pigliarsele nel culo sono sempre i poveri. Funziona così, è la legge del mercato, una legge di “natura”, baby!