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Long Tall Mama

from Take Yo Time by Ben Hunter & Joe Seamons

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Adapted from Big Bill Broonzy. See the stupendous compilation entitled "The Young Big Bill Broonzy" for more of Broonzy's early work. We based our interpretation on this recording:



There are multiple excellent interviews with Big Bill, many of them have audio available on the fantastic Cultural Equity website:

research.culturalequity.org/get-audio-detailed-recording.do?recordingId=10942

The great Studs Terkel also interviewed Broonzy:

www.folkways.si.edu/big-bill-broonzy/his-story-interviewed-by-studs-terkel/african-american-spoken-american-folk-blues-oral-history-biography/album/smithsonian

See Bob Reisman's book "I Feel So Good" for the most in-depth research available on Big Bill. You can read a quick synopsis of his biography here:

www.broonzy.com

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Got a long tall mama, she stands about seven feet nine,
Got a long tall mama, she stands about seven feet nine,
And when she get to lovin' holler "Papa won't you take your time."

Oh, when she start to lovin, she sure can do her stuff.
when she start to lovin, she sure can do her stuff.
And she squeeze me so tight, holler "Mama, Lordy, that's enough."

Got a brand new move, it's known as one that she calls her own,
Got a brand new movement, one that she calls her own,
And when she start to kissin' make a poor man leave his home.

And she do a little this, and mama, and she do a little that,
Son, she do a little this, mama, Lord and she do a little that,
And when she put on full steam, make a freight train jump her track.

Said she's long and tall, handsome, sweet as she can be.
Said she's long and tall, handsome, sweet as she can be.
To satisfy that woman takes more than a bumble bee.

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from Take Yo Time, released November 14, 2014

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Ben Hunter & Joe Seamons Seattle, Washington

Ben & Joe give life to voices that have long been silenced in American culture.

Their award- winning performances are highlighted by story-telling that shows how the past still lives in the present.

Through their songs, audiences witness current issues crop up again and again in folk songs, dance tunes, acoustic blues, and original traditional songs. ... more

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