“Shorty George”
Description
"Shorty George, he ain't no friend of mine... Taken all de women an' leave de men behind." (The singer goes bad as an orphan child. He finds a girl, but they go separate ways.) He learns his girl/mother is sick and arrives for her sad funeral
Notes
"Shorty George" is reported to be the name of the train that carried convicts' wives and sweethearts to and from the penitentiary for conjugal visits. - PJS, RBW
Cross references
- cf. "He Was a Friend of Mine"
Recordings
- James "Iron Head" Baker, "Shorty George" (AFS 210B, 1933) (AFS 202 A2, 1934; on LC53)
References
- Lomax-FSUSA 23, "Shorty George" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Lomax-ABFS, pp. 199-201, "Shorty George" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Silber-FSWB, p. 79, "Shorty George" (1 text)
- DT, SHORTGEO SHORTGE2*
- Roud #10055
- BI, LxU023