Comparison of 3rd Stanzas of “Poor Boy Blues” (P) and “She Got Me Walkin’” (S)

[Lucas actually anticipates the downbeat of each measure of the quatrain by singing the first word of each sentence— “I . . . Not . . . The . . . I . . . ”—on the upbeat of the immediately preceding (fourth) beat.]

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"Poor Boy Blues" (P)
(at 1:27) Measure "She Got Me Walkin'" (S)
(at 2:17)
P: "Ever since I was the age || BAR 1 | S: "I don't want to see Snook
P: around eleven or | BAR 2 | S: Not even Homesick James,
P: twelve. | BAR 3 | S: The way my baby left me,
P: Ever since | BAR 4 | S: I really believe he's to blame. She got me
P: I was the age | BAR 5 | S: walkin'
P: around eleven or | BAR 6 | S: all up and down the
P: twelve. | BAR 7 | S: street;
P: I just been | BAR 8 | S: She left me
P: a poor boy, | BAR 9 | S: for another man
P: ain't caught nothin' but hell." | BAR 10 | S: ‘cause she wanted to be free."
P: | BAR 11 | S:
P: | BAR 12 || S: (Selection ends on a long note.)

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