"Hitch hiker Blues"

[the Leones <leone@xxxxxxxx>]

>Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 16:14:36 +0100
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>Subject: "Hitch hiker Blues"
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>I was Hitchin a ride, just the other day
>A Lincoln pulled over, it was silver-grey
>The driver was the Devil
>I hadn't seen him in years
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>He asked if he was going my way
>and could he give me a lift
>and I said OK
>At first I thought, he'd had a few too many beers
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>But it turned out he was on some kinda dope
>and he offered me some
>and I said, nope
>I don't need that kinda crutch to get ME by
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>Then he offered me a proposition
>and said a man in MY position
>might like what he had
>and would I like to give it a try
>
>It turned out to be harp of solid gold
>it once belonged to the Pope,
>or so I was told
>Sure looked fine in all those diamonds & pearls
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>He said that it was just the thing
>to transform me into THE harp king
>and even make me irristable
>to girls
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>Well, I put the thing up to my lips
>did a few slurs and a couple of blips
>then let it rip
>with every trick I could employ
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>I played some Kim Wilson & some Howard Levy
>did a little "Toots" and a little "Stevie"
>some Little Walter
>and even some Sonny Boy
>
>The slide was as if it was on roller bearings
>the mouthpiece better than any of my Herings
>playing that thing
>was an overwhealming joy
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>I had never heard sounds like that
>coming from ANY harmonica cat
>and I wondered if I had died
>and gone to heaven
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>But the alarm went off and I realized
>it was all a dream and I had fasntasized
>and the time on my clock
>said a quarter after seven
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>So I got up and dressed and off to work
>moped around all day like some total jerk
>THEN I saw the Lincoln..........
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>(copyright 3474 etc)work in progress........smo-joe / music similar to
>Hot-Rod Lincoln
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