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the blues take me over
in the deep dark cold of Winter
those blues take me all over
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leaves droppin from the trees
as that ol’ cold Wind blow through
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the blues they take me over
ain’t nothin i can do
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don’t think Spring’s
ever gonna come again
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the blues they take me over
leech the joy right outta me
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Ol’ Man Winter
breaks my heart in two
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those blues they take me over
can’t get warm no matter what i do
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cold so deep in my soul
can’t be thawed by the Devil’s own fires
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the Devil, he done give up on me
he say i drag him down
down
down
below the fires of Hell
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the Devil, he done give up on me
he say i drag him down
down
down
where he don’t care to go
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ain’t nothin left for me
but them deep dark Winter blues
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“Singing The Blues” {Instrumental} Bix Beiderbecke / fskeptical
The Frankie “Tram” Trumbauer Orchestra feat. Bix Beiderbecke - Singin’ the Blues. The first minute of the song is a sax solo by Trumbauer. The second minute is Bix’s cornet solo. The third minute features a short clarinet solo by Jimmy Dorsey, who was the clarinetist in Trumbauer’s Orchestra at that time. The guitarist on this track is Eddie Lang. This song is considered a jazz classic because Bix and, to a lesser degree, Tram were able to make a slow-tempo jazz ballad swing. This ability to make slow-tempo swinging jazz would later be emulated by jazz musicians ranging from Lester Young to John Coltrane to Miles Davis.
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this is my submission to these FABulous sites for poets ~
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In Tandem #21
prompt: the image above by Penny Smith Alias Jinksy at In Tandem
{gorgeous, Jinksy! thank you for sharing.}
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Prompt #134 at Carry on Tuesday
prompt: use all or part of ”The darkness of Winter”
from ‘Dark Winter Blues’ by Edward Kofi Louis
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Deep at POETRY JAM
prompt: Deep
thank you for the great prompt, Peggy!
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Open Link Night Week 21 at dVerse ~ Poets Pub
submit a new or old poem
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The Poetry Pantry #78 at Poets United
they are accepting submissions HERE for their second poetry anthology
submit a new or old poem
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Open Link Monday at imaginary garden with real toads
submit a new or old poem
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The Poetry Picnic Week 16 at The Gooseberry Garden
one can submit a new or old poem
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Prompt #296 at Sunday Scribblings
prompt: Joy
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i am also participating in ~
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Great work
thank you so much for your visit and kind comment! ♥
That graphic of mine turned into a real bluesy song in your hands! Thanks for riding the tandem.:)
thank you for sharing your beautiful art, jinksy! i LOVE it! ♥
Hello.
Jinksy’s artwork is lovely. Purple is one of my favorite colors, so for me it’s a thing of beauty rather than winter doldrums.
You’re very creative to incorporate this poem into so many prompts.
Nicely done!
Thanks for sharing.
My Pantry & Sunday Scribblings:
Our Candlelight Of Love
My Poetry Picnic Wk16:
Your Reward Is My Sorrow
oh, i agree, jinksy’s artwork is beautiful! thank you so much for your visit and kind comment.
Hello again Dani.
Thanks for visiting & commenting. I appreciate the follow too.
I always try to return the kindness & am following you as well. Hope you’ll return again soon!
thank you, Andy! “read” you soon. {smile}
I can really hear this one, Dani! Winter definitely puts me in a ‘blue’ mood oftentimes as well!
thank you, Mary! ♥ i really appreciate your visit and kind comment.
fine rhythms indeed.perfectly melancholy.after all, our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thoughts
thank you, Abin! i’m grateful for your visit and comment.
I’ll bring my flute, you bring a guitar, we’ll rustle up a trombone, maybe some drums …. and SING this baby!
about all i can play is the tambourine. {giggle} wouldn’t that be fun! ♥
Many people get ‘blue’ over the holidays. I’m sending some cheer your way.
thank you, Laurie! ♥ {actually, i live in Arizona so we don’t really have winter.} you’re so sweet!
You’re playin my song this time of year, dani. That’s bad when you go so low the devil won’t even come along.
{smile} thank you for stopping by, Joy! ♥
Great write, dani … Deep winter blues written with such passion — it would melt away all the blustery frozen cold it tries to cover ~~
awwww! thank you, becca! ♥ you’re too sweet! ♥ ♥ ♥
love your style!!!!!!!!!! i am following now, you won me over! :)
Kellie
http://magicinthebackyard.wordpress.com/2011/12/05/on-a-hilltop-in-december/
wow! thank you, Kellie! ♥ i really appreciate that! i’ll be by to visit your blog this evening. {smile}
holy moley! when you’re too low down for the devil, that’s low down! loved this, sp!
thank you, Miss Coal! ♥ i appreciate your sweet comment.
honest and creative,
what a bliss to see you share,
smiles.
Happy Poetry Picnic.
:)
thank you so much, Morning! ♥ i appreciate the kindness of your comment. {smile}
OH, I GOTS DA BLUES TOO! LOVE THE MUSIC. ♥ VERY WELL DONE!
thank you, Kay! ♥ you’re so sweet!
Okay, I got the blues now and its wintery cold here ~
Nice to see you Dani ~
Hope all is well ~
nice to see you, too, Heaven! ♥ thank you!
Well
That was different!
i like being different. {smile}
Oh I want my blues to go away. Can’t you sing winter into a nice spring day? Hate this cold crap..haha…great write!
thank you, Pat! i wish i could send you some sunshine. thank you for your visit and kind comment.
you drag the devil down…now that is some blues…so what would it take to get you to sing this for us? smiles.
HA! trust me when i say that you DON’T want to hear me sing! i can play tambourine. {smile}
oh i so know that blues you’re writing about…i know the melody all too well…beautifully penned dani…and love that you included notes…
thank you, claudia! ♥ you’re so sweet!
I like the visual of the blues words here. great work xx
thank you, jennifer! ♥ i appreciate you stopping by and your sweet comment.
Love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
thank you so much, ayala! ♥ i appreciate your visit and sweet comment.
I’ll be in the deep, dark winter blues as soon as winter decides to actually get here in Maryland and stay! It’s been so warm lately, I’m still finding ticks on my dogs (and on me!) I know those cold blues, though, and don’t look forward to them one bit!
my brother lives in Iowa and he said it was in the sixties on Thanksgiving! thank you for stopping by! ♥
Your bluesy words are AMAZING! Nicely, nicely done. And the YouTube audio is very enjoyable.
thank you, Margaret! ♥ you are so sweet!
This is awesome!! :)
thank you, Elyas! i appreciate your visit and very kind comment.