Re: [Harp-L] "Fattening Frogs For Snakes"...whats that all about?!?!?

[Mojo Red <harplicks@xxxxxxxxx>]

Wow,

I can't believe you asked this question today. I
was just listening to Sonny Boy this morning and
heard Fattenting Frogs on my way to work. 

Inneresting coinkydink. 

Harpin' in Colorado,
--Ken M.


--- Nate in the Blues Room <thebluesroom@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> For the longest time I've wondered what Sonny Boy
> Williamson 2 was on
> about, I mean what was the guy thinking when he
> penned this song? Anyone
> have any insights to his thinking on this one?
> Was he using local phrases,
> jargon or sayings or creating them? Anyone?
> **
> *"It took me a long time, to find out my mistakes
> Took me a long time, to find out my mistakes
> (it sho' did man)
> But I bet you my bottom dollar, I'm not fattenin'
> no more frogs for snakes
> 
> "I found out my downfall, back in nineteen and
> thirty
> (I started checkin')
> I found out my downfall, from nineteen and thirty
> I'm tellin' all of my friends, I'm not fattenin'
> no more frogs for snakes
> 
> All right now... (solo)
> 
> "Yeh it is nineteen and fifty-seven, I've got to
> correct all of my mistakes
> Whoa man, nineteen and fifty-seven, I've got to
> correct all of my mistakes
> I'm tellin' my friends includin' my wife and
> everybody else,
> not fattenin' no more frogs for snakes
> *
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