This is Swamp Mama, a funny song I wrote years ago under my artist name (Emory Martin) and that nobody wanted to play, so I finally got BIAB (2024 Audiophile) and did it myself (styles _EVER and _YALL, with _DUPPY for the bridge, and mixed in Sonar), with help from Audimee on the vocals.
RealTracks in style: 4238:Bass, Electric, BluesFunkyAB Ev 085
RealTracks in style: 2626:Guitar, Resonator, RhythmPlus Blues8thsRandy Ev 085
RealTracks in style: 3351:Guitar, Baritone Electric, Rhythm SwampyBluesBrent Ev 095
RealTracks in style: 3060:Guitar, Acoustic, Rhythm SwampyFunkJoe Ev16 110
RealTracks in song: 2667:Pedal Steel, Background DreamySingleNote Ev 075
RealTracks in song: 3354:Guitar, Baritone Electric, Rhythm LowdownBluesBrent Ev 085
RealDrums in style:BluesRockSlowEv^3-a:SideStick , b:Snare, Ride
I grew up in a low-lying, swampy area in Alabama and the story told by the song is not entirely fictitious.
Swamp Mama (on Soundcloud)Swamp Mama
I was down in the Delta where diamondbacks thrive
And the gnats and mosquitoes use forks and knives,
Where the scum grows thick and the water flows black
When I came to a broken-down tin-roof shack.
There was a woman on the porch with a corn-cob pipe
But somethin' 'bout her didn't look quite right.
She had long green hair a-hangin' down like vines
And her face sent a shiver right down my spine.
She looked at me and cracked a great big smile,
Teeth so yellow you could see 'em for miles.
She said, "It's 'bout time. How do ya do?
Come on in, I been waitin' for you! I'm a
Swaaaamp Mama! Been lookin' for a man to please. I wanna
Whooole lotta ever'thing a Swamp Mama needs!
I want someone who's gonna hold me tight,
and keep me warm on the cold swamp nights.
And if you're good to me, I'll be good to you
'cause you know Swamp Mamas need lovin' too."
Well her long bony fingers wrapped 'round my throat
And she lifted me up right out of the boat.
She set me down hard and dragged me on in
and said, "Have a seat, Hon, we're ‘bout to begin.
I'm gonna fry us up the gator I killed last night
And we'll have a little dinner by candlelight.
Then we'll dance a jig while the jitterbugs croon
And make sweet swamp love by the light of the moon."
So we had us some supper, then she got kinda close
And I muttered out loud, "This is gonna be gross."
She said, "Shut your mouth, sweetie, and open your mind.
've looked forward to this for a long, long time, ‘cause I'm a
Swaaaamp Mama! Been lookin' for a man to please. I wanna
Whooole lotta ever'thing a Swamp Mama needs!
I want somebody's gonna hold me tight,
and keep me warm on the cold swamp nights.
And if you're good to me, I'll be good to you
'cause you know Swamp Mamas need lovin' too."
Next mornin', as the mist gave way to the sun,
I thought to myself, "A new life has begun."
And I reached out and touched the Swamp Mama's arm
As she lay there beside me, all slimy and warm.
She opened her eyes and said, "Good Lord willin',
we'll have a big mess of little bitty swamp chillun."
Now ever'thing's diff'rent to the way that it was
And that's how I learned 'bout the meaning of love, from a
Swaaaamp Mama! Guess it musta been my destiny to be a
Swaaaamp Daddy, with a big swamp family.
Now I got somebody's gonna hold me tight,
and keep me warm on the cold swamp nights.
And I ain't never gonna be untrue
'cause you know Swamp Daddies need lovin' too.
Background singers:
Swamp Daddies need lovin’ too,
Swamp Daddies need lovin’ too,
Swamp Daddy:
Swamp Daddies need lovin' too.
Background singers:
Swamp Daddies need lovin’ too,
Swamp Daddies need lovin’ too,
Swamp Daddy:
Swamp Daddies need lovin' too.
Background singers:
Swamp Daddies need lovin’ too,
Swamp Daddies Swamp Daddies need lovin’ too,
Swamp Daddy:
Swamp Daddies need lovin' too.
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