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I Got the Jake Leg Too

from Live in Brooklyn by Painless Parker

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One of the many song sung about Jake Leg, or Jake Walk, a neurological disorder cause by drinking tainted patent medicine. I learned it from the the incomparable Sheesham & Lotus & 'Son.

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I went to bed last night feeling mighty fine
Three o'clock in the morning, the Jake Leg was down my spine
I had the Jake Leg too,
I had the Jake Leg too

I woke up this morning, couldn't get outta my bed
This thing they call Jake Leg gone down in my head
I had the Jake Leg too,
I had the Jake Leg too

Talkin' about your Liquor, talkin' about your booze
This thing they call Jake Leg, gone down in my shoes
I got the Jake Leg too,
I got the Jake Leg too

The Preacher, he took some liquor, said it was for the 'flu
That was his excuse, you know, that he's got the Jake led too
I had the Jake Leg too,
I had the Jake Leg too

Talkin' about your Liquor, talkin' about your booze...

The boys'll take some ginger, stir it in their pot
Watch out you Jake Leggers, gonna drop you on the spot
You'll get the Jake Leg too,
You'll get Jake Leg too

Talkin' about your Liquor, talkin' about your booze...

What about old aunt Dinah? She fell on a hive of bees
This thing they call Jake Leg gone down in her knees
She had the Jake Leg too,
She had the Jake Leg too

Talkin' about your Liquor, talkin' about your booze...

Now you've heard my story, now you've had your laugh
But this on your tombstone might be your epitaph
He had the Jake Leg too,
He had the Jake Leg too

Talkin' about your Liquor, talkin' about your booze...

credits

from Live in Brooklyn, released November 28, 2014
Words and music: Ray Brothers
Vocals, Mandolin, foot tambourine: Painless Parker
Bass guitar, harmony: Hollerin' Molly Hebert-Wilson
Clarinet, harmony: Rhubarb Bush

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Painless Parker Brooklyn, New York

Born under a barstool and raised by a pack of wild koalas, Painless Parker plays a mixed bag of country laments, sea shanties, murder ballads and classic rockers, filtered through a grimy, whiskey-stained punk lens. He's fluent in two languages, and can cuss in at least seventeen. He enjoys rabble-rousing, shindigging, booze drinking and merrymaking. ... more

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