Guitarist Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson was born in Tyler, Texas in 1916 and died in the mid 1970s; he recorded some ten sides for Bill Quinn's Gold Star Label (from Houston) around 1947-1951; and later, in the 1960s, for Arhoolie as a "folk blues" artist.
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Another recording from "the Gold Star Sessions" (Arhoolie CE 352)
You know the girl that I love, oh man she rode that Freedom train You know the girl I love, oh man she rode that Freedom train You know she boarded in Chicago, she was goin' to Colorado Springs Well now you know goodwill was her desire man, well now freedom was her aim Goodwill was her desire man, well you know freedom was her aim Well that's the reason my baby left me, oh man just to ride that Freedom train You know I was standin' at the station, oh man tears come rollin' down Yes I was standin' at the station, oh man tears come rollin' down Well now you know I hate to seein', oh Lord my baby leave this town
One of his Gold Star recordings, from the Arhoolie CD "Texas Blues"
You know I once was a gambler boy but I bet my money wrong You know I once was a gambler but I bet my money wrong Now I ain't got no money and all I got is gone When you lose that doggone money, sittin' around with your head hung down When you lose that doggone money, sittin' around with your head hung down You wake up in the morning with your face all full of frown You know I'm through with gamblin', some jackstropper can have my room Boys I'm through with gamblin', some other hustler can have my room Well my drinking may kill me but gamblin' won't be my doom Well I gambled so long till I thought that I would never change Boys I gambled so long till I thought I would never change Well I ain't goin' gamble no more, I swear I'm gonna save my change
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