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00.Jug Band Song Book Title Page.Pages The Trolleydrops Official ! Jug Band Song Book Jug ‘till you drop…. The Trolley Drops Official Jug Band Song Book 01. Blues in the bottle 02. Come on down 03. Cornbread and butter beans 04. Deep Ellum Blues 05. Dollars not dimes 06. The dough won’t rise 07. Eight more miles to Louisville 08. Good Bye Booze 09. Got a letter from my baby 10. Hesitation blues 11. I could complain 12. I like bananas 13. I’ve been blue 14. Let it Go 15. Jesus on the main line 16. Jug band music 17. Ragg mopp 18. Salty dog blues. 19. Soquel is a polka town 20. Stealin’ 21. Take a whiff on me 22. Take a whiff on me (a cautionary tale) 23. Tapping that thing 24. Tear it down 25. This will bring you back 26. Tight like that 27. Told that gal I was red hot 28. Walk right in. 29. Wild about my lovin’ 30. You may leave Blues in the Bottle Chorus: G Blues in the bottle, blues in the bottle G7 Where do you think you're at, pretty mama C G Blues in the bottle, where do you think you're at D7 C7 G You went and kicked my dog, And now you've skinned my cat G Rooster chews tobacco, rooster chews tobacco G7 And the hen uses snuff, pretty mama C G The rooster chews tobacco and the hen uses snuff D7 C7 G The baby chickens don't do nothin', they just strut their stuff (Chorus) G Well I’m going to Chatanoogie, going to Chatanoogie G7 To see my pony run, pretty mama C G I’m going to Chatanoogie, to see my pony run, D7 C7 G And if I win a prize, gonna give my baby some (Chorus) G Dig your taters, oh dig your taters G7 It's tater diggin' time, pretty mama C G Oh dig your taters, it's tater diggin' time D7 C7 G Old man Jack Frost, done an' killed your vine (Chorus) Come on Down to the Ugly Mug ! D B7! Come on down to the Ugly Mug Cafe,! E7 A7 D! We're playing jug band music today.! D B7! Come on down to the Ugly Mug Cafe,! E7 A7 ! We want to hear you play.! ! D D D7 D7! Washboard, jug, spoons or kazoo,! G G7 ! Anything that makes a good sound will do.! D B7! So come on down to the Ugly Mug Cafe,! E7 A7 D B7! We’re playing jug band music today, I say,! E7 A7 D! We’re playing jug band music today.! ! D B7! Come on down to the Ugly Mug Cafe,! E7 A7 D! We're playing jug band music today.! D B7! Come on down to the Ugly Mug Cafe,! E7 A7 ! It don’t matter what you play!! ! D D D7 D7! Banjo, fiddle or uku-le-le,! G G7 ! Any instrument will be fine with me.! D B7! So come on down to the Ugly Mug Cafe,! E7 A7 D B7! We’re playing jug band music today, I say,! E7 A7 D! We’re playing jug band music today. Cornbread and Buterbeans ! Chorus:! C!!!!!! F! Cornbread and butter beans and you across the table,! G7!!!!!! C! Eatin’ them beans & making love as long as I am able,! C !!!!!! F! Growing corn and cotton too & when the day is over,! G7!!!!!! C! Ride the mule & cut the fool & love again all over.! ! C!!!!! F! Goodbye, don’t you cry I’m going to Louisiana,! G7!!!! C! Buy a coon dog & a big fat hog and marry my Suzanna,! C!!!! F! Same song, ding dong I’ll take a trip to China,! G7 C!! Cornbread & butter beans and back to North Carolina. + Chorus! ! C!!!!!! F! Wearin’ shoes & drinkin’ booze goes against the Bible,! G7!!!!!! C! A necktie will make you die & cause you lots of trouble,! C!!!!!! F! Streetcars & whiskey bars and kissing pretty women,! G7!!!!! C! Women yeah that’s the end of a terrible beginning.+ Chorus! ! C!!!!! F! I can’t read & don’t care & education’s awful,! G7!!!!!! C! Raisin’ heck & writing checks it ought to be unlawful,! C!!!!! F! Silk hose & frilly clothes is just a waste of money,! G7!!!!!! C! Come with me & stay with me & say you’ll be my honey! + Chorus! ! Deep Ellum Blues ! C! When you go down in Deep Ellum to have a little fun! C7! You better have your ten dollars ready when that policeman comes.! ! Chorus:! F C! Oh, sweet mama, daddy's got them Deep Ellum Blues! G7 C! Oh, sweet mama, daddy's got them Deep Ellum Blues.! ! (C)! When you go down to Deep Ellum, put your money in your pants,! C7! ‘Cause women in Deep Ellum, they won't give a man a chance.! (+ Chorus)! ! When you go down to Deep Ellum, put your money in your shoes,! ‘Cause the women in Deep Ellum give them Deep Ellum Blues.! (+ Chorus)! ! When you go down to Deep Ellum, put your money in your socks,! Or the women in Deep Ellum, well they'll put you on the rocks,! (+ Chorus)! ! Once I knew a preacher, preached the Bible through and through,! But he went down to Deep Ellum, now his preachin' days are through.! (+ Chorus) Dollars not Dimes. Peter Thomas 2015 D I’m working for dollars but taking home dimes. I need money. (I need money) A7 The bills keep coming and that’s a sign. I got debt. (I got debt) REFRAIN: D D7 I work work work work all of the time, G But I can’t keep ahold of what oughta be mine, D A7 D B7 It’s dollars not dimes that I need, if you please, E7 A7 D To be living in times as tough as these. I have to pay my bills, and I have to pay my rent. I need money. But my next paycheck is already spent. I got debt. I slide my debit card in the ATM machine. I need money. But nothing comes out and you know what that means. I got debt. I know I’d win the lottery, ‘cause I have lots of luck. I need money. But I can’t buy a ticket cause I don’t have a buck. I got debt. I heard about a place pennies fall from the sky. I need money. But I need more than pennies and that’s no lie. I got debt. Well a nickel is a nickel and a dime is a dime. I need money. I got to go to work. Let’s end it this time. I got debt. After final refrain end with tag: B7 E7 A7 D I should be living where the money grows on trees. Eight More Miles to Louisville ! ! C (G7) (C) F C G7 C! I’ve traveled o'er this country wide seeking fortune fair" (C) (G7) (C) F C G7! Up and down the two coast lines I've traveled everywhere" F C G7! From Portland East to Portland West back along the line" C (G7) (C) F C G7 C! I'm going now to the place that's best that old home town of mine! ! Chorus:! C F C! Eight more miles and Louisville will come into my view! (C) D7 G7! Eight more miles on this old road and I'll never more be blue! F C G7! I knew some day that I'd come back, I knew it from the start! C G7 C F C G7 C! Eight more miles to Louisville the home town of my heart! ! C (G7) (C) F C G7 C! There's bound to be a girl somewhere that you like best of all" (C) (G7) (C) F C G7! Mine lives down in Louisville she's long and she is tall" F C G7! But she's the kind that you can't find a traveling through the land! C (G7) (C) F C G7 C! I'm on my way this very day to win her heart and hand (Chorus)! ! C (G7) (C) F C G7 C ! Now I can picture in my mind a place we'll call our home" (C) (G7) (C) F C G7! A humble little hut for two we'll never want to roam" F C G7! The place that's right for that love site is in those bluegrass hills" C (G7) (C) F C G7 C ! Where gently flows the O-hi-o by a place called Louisville (Chorus) The Dough Won’t Rise!! ! ! ! Its not an old one, its written by Lil Rev!! A! The Jews left Egypt they was on the fly,! A7! Wasn’t enough time for the dough to rise.! ! Chorus:! D A! Now the dough won’t rise. (Echo) Aahh the dough won’t rise. (Echo)! E7 D A! Why should I, be surprised when the, // dough won’t rise?! ! Now you want to bake some bread you got to put it in the oven! You want it to rise you got to push the right button. ! Chorus:! Old Mr. Johnson he was quite surprised! After 50 years of baking now the dough won’t rise! Chorus:! I done surprised my baby with breakfast in bed! I got so excited that my jam wouldn’t spread! Chorus:! Some people say when you’re through, you’re through! But they should take Viagra, ‘cause it just won’t do!!!! ! FInal Chorus:! D A! That the dough won’t rise.
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