[Dixielandjazz] Dallas Blues lyrics

[Mattias Hallin]

16 jan 2008 kl. 00.43 skrev Ric Giorgi:

> The 1st line lyrics (chorus) to Dallas Blues that I've heard and can
> find are "I've Got the Dallas Blues and the Main Street heart
> disease".
>
> A few local musician says he's heard recordings that give the line
> as "I've Got the Dallas Blues and the Main Street's hard to see".

For my part, I've only ever heard the first version; the second looks  
to me rather like a mishearing of the first, which I believe might be  
slang for syphilis.

/Mattias

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