“Don't You Grieve After Me (I)”
Description
The singer describes various adventures: Being found by the police with a wallet not his own, sleeping in a hotel and being declared a deadbeat. Chorus: When I'm gone, Don't you, don't you grieve (x3), An' I told him not to grieve after me."
Notes
Alan Lomax claims -- on the basis of a few words in the chorus -- that this is the same as "When I'm Gone." I don't buy it. - RBW
Cross references
- cf. "Don't You Weep After Me" (floating lyrics)
Recordings
- Loman D. Cansler, "I Told 'em Not to Grieve After Me" (on Cansler1)
References
- Randolph 257, "Don't You Grieve After Me" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Randolph/Cohen, pp. 220-222, "Don't You Grieve After Me" (1 text, 1 tune -- Randolph's 257)
- BrownIII 556, "Bye and Bye" (1 fragment, possibly not this but too short to classify as anything else)
- Roud #6698
- BI, R257