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I think it if you constantly play this in the backckground for a few weeks she'll take to hummin along and  before you know it she'll be a fetchin ya a beer, encourage you to spend more money on your system and go gamblin with the boys.

 

 

I've highlighted the most important part of the song.

 

Ry Cooder, "Always Lift Him Up"

 

 

(Alfred Reed)/(Traditional)
(G) - © - (D)

(G) When a fellow has the blues and feels discouraged
And there's © nothing else but trouble all his (G) life
When he's always grumbled at and never happy
Living with a scolding, aggravating (D) wife
If he's (G) sick and tired of life and takes to drinking
Do not pass him by, don't greet him with a © frown

Do not fail to lend a hand and try to (G) help him
Always lift him up and (D) never knock him © down (G)

If he stays out late at night because he's worried
And because his home is not what it should be
Have a smile for him whenever you should meet him
It would help him just the right way, don't you see
If he gambles when he's in the town or city
Tell him what he ought to do to gain the crown
Lend a hand and do not fail to show him pity
Always lift him up and never knock him down

If he cannot pay his debts and feels disgusted
If he's blue and doesn't have a word to say
Let him know you are his friend who can be trusted
It would cheer this lonely fellow on his way
If he finds it hard for him to keep his family
Let a kind word greet his ear when he's around
Don't say anything at all to make against him
Always lift him up and never knock him down

If he has no friends and everyone's against him
If he's failed at everything that he has tried
Try to lift his load, to help to bear his burden
Let him know that you are walking by his side
And if he feels that all is lost, and he is falling
Try to place that poor man's feet on solid ground
Just remember he's some mother's precious darling
Always lift him up and never knock him down
Always lift him up and never knock him down

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYo3byPgC5o

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My father (c#m) told me, lying (g#m7) on his bed of (c#m) death,

"boy," he says, "woman she's gonna make it, don't fool your (g#7) self

'cause she's got (c#m) something to make a man (f#7) lay that money, uh, right in her hand

And the very (e) thing that makes her (B) rich will make you (c#m) poor (f#7)

The very thing that makes her (g#7) rich will make you (c#m) poor"

That's right!

Well, i put you behind the wheel of a deuce and a quarter, yes i did

Had you living like a rich man's daughter, yes i did, i sure did

While you were living high on the hog

You had me down here scuffling like a dog

Well, the very thing that makes you rich makes me poor

The very thing that makes you rich makes me poor

Don't you never ever make such a bad mistake

You know i'd rather climb into bed with a rattlesnake

Then to work hard every day bringing that woman all my pay

The very thing that makes you rich makes me poor,

Makes me so damn poor

The thing that makes her rich makes me poor

The very thing that makes you rich make me poor

Very thing that makes you rich makes me poor

Makes me so damned poor

Money won't change it, no no...

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Ry is the Bomb.  So is OCMS.

 

Wife split long ago, but I still have all my RC LPs, and all my gear.    :)

This is strange, I was just wondering the other day where you have been and now I see this. hope you have been well.

 

 

 

 

Thebes I did indoctrinate my wife years ago, I had here start reading here and it worked. The best speakers we have were picked out and bought by her.

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Ry Cooder has it down.

but Marty I think that song was his wishful thinking. I think henwas singing more about reality when he sang:

"How come that thing that thing that makes you so rich makes me so poor?"

Could be, but I think that particular song, like many of his tunes, was based on an old folk/traditional/americana tune. Not completly sure.

 

In any event, given all the propaganda the other side throws out way, a little psychological persuasion form our side wouldn't  hurt.

 

After all, hound dogs have to howl from time-to-time.

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Ry Cooder has it down.

but Marty I think that song was his wishful thinking. I think henwas singing more about reality when he sang:

"How come that thing that thing that makes you so rich makes me so poor?"

Could be, but I think that particular song, like many of his tunes, was based on an old folk/traditional/americana tune. Not completly sure.

In any event, given all the propaganda the other side throws out way, a little psychological persuasion form our side wouldn't hurt.

After all, hound dogs have to howl from time-to-time.

Big Mama Thorton would agree with you entirely.

You ain't nothing but a hound dog

Been snoopin' 'round the door

You ain't nothing but a hound dog

Been snoopin' 'round my door

You can wag your tail

But I ain't gonna feed you no more

You told me you was high class

But I could see through that

Yes, you told me you was high class

But I could see through that

And daddy I know

You ain't no real cool cat

You ain't nothing but a hound dog

Been snoopin' 'round the door

You're just an old hound dog

Been snoopin' 'round my door

You can wag your tail

But I ain't gonna feed you no more

You made me feel so blue

You made me weep and moan

You made me feel so blue

Well you made me weep and moan

'Cause I'm looking for a woman

All your lookin' for is a home

You ain't nothing but a hound dog

Been snoopin' 'round the door

You ain't nothing but a hound dog

Been snoopin' 'round my door

You can wag your tail

But I ain't gonna feed you no more

Read more at http://www.songlyrics.com/big-mama-thornton/hound-dog-lyrics/#5mdMZGUkvuBFYXEh.99

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Love Ry Cooder!  

 

You have to listen to his "Jesus on the Main Line".

 

And of course, the absolute classic hit, theme from "Southern Comfort".  What great music.  

 

Imagine, back in the day when they had posters at the entrance to movies, showing representations of scenes in a movie.  In this case, a Louisiana bayou, with large trees, wispy Spanish moss hanging down, and uniformed National Guardsmen (or Army Reserve--don't remember) on weekend maneuvers, sloshing, slogging through.  The phrase at the bottom of the poster:

 

"The South is a great place to be.  

Unless you don't belong . . . ."

 

Actors:  Keith Carradine, Powers Boothe, Peter Coyote, Fred Ward.

 

Heckuva movie!!!

 

I remember one of the early scenes, groundwork being laid as Keith Carradine (LA National Guard) was meeting Powers Boothe (Texas NG on temporary duty assignment).  Boothe (from Texas, and continuing a natural "rivalry") commenting on what he surmised was a boring lifestyle of Carradine (and his brethren in LA).

 

Carradine responded something like, "Yeah, I sit around and drink R C Colas and eat moon pies, but I have a good time."

 

The funny thing:  That almost exactly mirrored my Louisiana bro-in-law, who at all times kept a 1/2 gal box of malt balls in the refrigerator to accompany his R C cola beverage.

 

The writer knew his subject matter, shall I say?

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