Tuba Skinny in Philly '22- Sweet Loving Old Soul, Tuba Skinny classic tune 9/2/22

Commodore Barry Club, Philadelphia
PUP Jazz Fest, Benefit for the Philadelphia Unemployment Project
Released by Sara Martin and her Jug Band, May 1925
Sara Martin was one of the most popular classic blues singers of her time and her recordings with Louisville jug bands are thought to be the first jug band recordings ever made. Signed by Okeh Records in 1922 she was one of the most successful blues divas of the 20s. She also performed in movies and appeared in the first talking picture with an all Black cast, Darktown Scandals Review in 1930.
Lyrics
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.")
Source: Budgie Jane, TH-cam subscriber
Original recording by Sara Martin and her Jug Band in 1925
• Sara Martin & her Jug ...
Shaye Cohn - Cornet
Erika Lewis - Drum/Vocals
Craig Florey- Clarinet
Barnabus Jones - Trombone
Greg Sherman - Guitar/Vocals
Todd Burdick- Tuba/Sousaphone
Robin Rapuzzi - Washboard
Max Bien Kahn - Banjo, guitar
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