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From: mIHAIL nUDELXMAN
o hANKE vILLIAMSE. ya EGO VPERVYE USLYSHAL S PODACHI MOEGO
DRUGA tOMA. dAK VOT, ON KAK-TO, UVIDEV V PRIDOROVNOM MAGAZINE,
KUDA MY ZASHLI PODZAKUSITX, KASSETU hANKA, NEMEDLENNO EE KUPIL,
SKAZAV (NA CHISTOM ANGLIJSKOM):"TY ETO DOLZHEN USLYSHATX".
hANK BYL KOROLEM KANTRI I PERVYE MELODII V STILE
ROK-N-ROLLA SYGRAL NE eLVIS, A ON. pROSTO TOGDA ETO NE NAZVALI
ROK-N-ROLLOM. k TOMU ZHE eLVIS, SOBSTVENNO, STAL IZVESTEN KAK
SHOU-MAN. oN KLASSNO VERTEL ZADOM. i, KONECHNO ZHE, U NEGO
OSOBENNYJ GOLOS, TOCHNEE, MANERA IM VLADETX. hANK RODILSYA V
20-H I UMER 29 LET OT RODU.
oN NE DELAL IZ KANTRI PRIYATNOJ IDILLICHESKOJ ILI KOVBOJSKOJ
MUZYKI. v OBSHCHEM, VKUSY U LYUDEJ RAZNYE, I YA NE BUDU EGO
RASHVALIVATX. eSLI ON vAM PONRAVITSYA, BUDU RAD.
ya I SAM NE TO CHTO VSE U NEGO LYUBLYU. v KANTRI, PROTIVU
OBSHCHEGO MNENIYA V rOSSII (VEDX TAM NE PUBLIKOVALI NASTOYASHCHIJ
KANTRI, TOLXKO VYDERZHKI), OCHENX POPULYARNY TEMY bOGA I vERY,
TEMY FLIRTA, I TEMY PXYANOGO MUZHIKA, OBXYASNYAYUSHCHEGOSYA SO SVOEJ
ol'lady ILI mAMOJ (MAMA - TAK NA YUGE ZOVUT ZHENSHCHIN VOOBSHCHE I ZHEN
V CHASTNOSTI).
eSTX U NEGO PROSTO SMESHNYE PESNI, PO SMYSLU SRODNI
CHASTUSHKAM. nAPRIMER,
"My bucket's got a hole in it"
"o, my bucket's got a hole in it, -
can't by no beer"
. . .
"I'm a standing on a corner
with a bucket in my hand
I'm a waiting on a mamma
Who ain't got no man"
dA, I NE SPUTAJTE H.W. S H.W. junior, EGO SYNOM. oN I
PONYNE ZHIV, POET, NO VSE GOVORYAT - NE TO. eTO NE hANK. hOTYA ON
I hANK.
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/*
Jamballaja - |TO BLYUDO lUIZIANSKOJ kUHNI (Cajun style, STILX
POTOMKOV FRANCUZOV, DO SIH POR GOVORYASHCHIH PO FRANCUZSKI, I
ZHIVUSHCHIH V DEBRYAH lUIZIANY, NA BEREGAH Bayou (ZALIVOV, OZER) I
ZANIMAYUSHCHIHSYA VO MNOGOM RYBNYM PROMYSLOM. nESMOTRYA NA SVOI POCHTI
200 LET V USA, ONI SOHRANILI SOVERSHENNO NEAMERIKANSKUYU KULXTURU
I YAZYK. a KAKIE U NIH ZHENSHCHINY... a KAK ONI GOTOVYAT RAKOV (crow-
fish)). sOSTOIT IZ SMESHANNYH PASSEROVANNYH "MOREPRODUKTOV"
(KREVETOK, RYBY, etc) I SPECIJ. kROME Jamballaya IZVESTNYE
BLYUDA - Gumbo (Gambo) - TOZHE SMESX KUCHI INGREDIENTOV, etc.
*/
; each chord is 1/4. Played as 4/4
zatakt | C | C |C | C | G | G | G |
Good by,| Joe, me gotta go, me oh, my oh
| G |G |G | G | G |C | C | C |
Me gotta go pole the pirogue down the bayou
|C | C | C | C | C | G | G | G |
My Ivonne, sweetest one, me oh, my oh
| G | G | G | G | G | C | C | C |
Son ov'a gun we'll have big fun on the bayou
(last two line's pattern repeats now through the whole song)
Chorus:
Jamballaya, Crowfish Pie, Fillet Gumbo,
'Cause tonight I'm gonna see ma'cher amiyou
Pick Guitar, Fill Fruit Jar and be Gayou
Son ov'a gun we'll have big fun on the bayou
Thibideaus, Fauntineaus, place is buzzin'
Kinfolk come see Ivonne by the dozen
Dressed in style, go hogwild, me oh, my oh
Son ova gun we'll have big fun down the bayou
Chorus
; This third verse is for some reason missing almost on all the
; recordings by Hank and others, even though you can find it in
; the lyrics. Here it is
Settle down far from town, by me a pirogue
And I'll catch all the fish in the bayou
Swap my mon' by Ivonne what she need'o
Son ov'a gun we'll have big fun on the bayou
Chorus.
Last-modified: Thu, 04 Sep 1997 05:27:59 GMT