Sweet Loving Old Soul, by Sara Martin and her Jug Band, 1925 My Momma told me and Papa told me too He said you're my sweet baby no matter what you do And the boys all told me that I was just a girl Don't want to be no sow back, be your sweet loving old soul I want to be your sweet loving, your sweet loving, your sweet loving old soul I want to be your sweet loving, your sweet loving old soul Don't want to be no sow back, be your sweet loving old soul Now let be your side track till your mainline comes I can do more siding than your mainline ever done Let me be your teddy 'till your big bear comes Now don't you tell your big bear what your teddy has done. I want to be your sweet loving, your sweet loving old soul I want to be your sweet loving, your sweet loving old soul Don't want to be no sow back, be your sweet loving old soul In the South the reference to "sow back" is to a brood sow (female hog used to breed pigs). The song is about a woman stating she doesn't want to get married and have the man's babies but just wants to be his mistress, therefore the reference to "I don't want to be no sow back, I want to be your sweet loving old soul.")
Many thanks, John Dodds and BudgieJane. It may not sound so at first; but it is a standard 12-bar blues, played here in F. A trifling point of interest: Shaye calling 'off' at 02:44, so that the band backs Craig's 12 bars with offbeats.
Erika’s voice and those players - how do they do it? Erika - my Love- what do you think of men about 40 years older, 70 pounds heavier with no hair, a tendency to over eat, be over served, and over chill? And I’m her for you too Shay.
