Reenlistment Blues
Merle Travis performs "Reenlistment Blues"Live on movie From Here To Eternity.
Merle Robert Travis (November 17, 1917 - October 20, 1983) was an American country and western singer, songwriter, and guitarist born in Rosewood, Kentucky. His songs' lyrics often discussed both the lives and the economic exploitation of American coal miners. Among his many well-known songs are "Sixteen Tons," "Re-Enlistment Blues," "I am a Pilgrim," and "Dark as a Dungeon." However, it is his unique guitar style, still called Travis Picking by guitarists, as well as his interpretations of the rich musical traditions of his native Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, for which he is best known today. "Travis Picking" is a syncopated style of guitar fingerpicking rooted in ragtime music in which alternating chords and bass notes are plucked by the thumb while melodies are simultaneously plucked by the index finger. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970 and elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1977.
Merle Travis – Re-Enlistment Blues Lyrics
My hitch was up Monday
Not a dog soljer nor more
Soljer no more.
They give me all that money
So much my pockets is sore
Pockets is sore.
More dough than I can use
Re-Enlistment Blues
Oh
Them blues.
Took my gelt to town Tuesday
Found me a big double bed
Big double bed.
I'll find a job tomorrow
Tonight I'll maybe be dead
Maybe be dead.
Ain't no time to lose
Re-Enlistment Blues
Oh
Them blues.
Hit the bars Wednesday
Friends put me up on a throne
(Way) up on a throne.
Found a Chinese baby
She wouldn't leave me alone
Leave me alone.
Did I give her a bruise
Re-Enlistment Blues
Oh
Them blues.
I woke up on Thursday
The walls was movin'
I swear
Movin' I swear.
I reach'd down in my trousers
AII my pockets was bare
Nothin' was there.
I'll really blew my fuse
Re-Enlistment Blues
Oh
Them blues.
Hit the bar again Friday
Ask'd for a free glass of beer
Free glass of beer.
Bar man he don't know me
He just say no credit here
No credit here.
What I done then ain't news
Re-Enlistment Blues
Oh
Them blues.
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