Talk:Fishing Blues
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Origins
[edit]The "original was written by Chris Smith, a songwriter and pianist best remembered for 'Ballin’ the Jack.'" That according to blues singer Elijah Wald, who describes the song this way:
"A feminist ragtime cheating song from 1911, which is now known almost entirely in a highly abridged and non-feminist revision by the Texas hobo Henry Thomas — an excellent example of how recordings have muddled our understanding of the past. Thomas turned it into a ditty about fishing that lost the original sense of the chorus:"
You say you’re going fishing all the time,
Well, I’m going fishing too.
Bet your life your loving wife
Will catch as many fish as you…
If I don't get around to adding this myself, here's the source on Wald's website: Fishing Blues. Also, you may find more if you track down write-ups on David Thomas's performance on The Harry Smith Project. Allreet (talk) 12:53, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
Other Songs
[edit]What is the purpose of this list? It is a list of recordings by various artists of other songs with the same name, is it not? Why does this information belong here? --2601:545:C000:C165:84C7:A42C:C49:C83A (talk) 19:09, 9 September 2018 (UTC)