| Grateful Dead – Sugaree Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Thats what the official word is but I like this meaning a little better Robert Reifenberg writes: This song, it seems to me, captures the plea of a fugitive American slave to his covert wife that she not reveal their relationship ("forget my name") to the slave master. The appeal, therefore, is not so much for the benefit of the escaped, but rather, for the one who remains. The speaker seeks to spare his wife punishment at the hands of the master once his absence is revealed. Hunter's affinity for the dark side of American history is exemplified in this simple verse which evokes profound imagery in the tradition of the American folk song. Hunter uses the imagined dialect of the time with language such as "poor body" and "my darlin." Reference to bringing the "wagon round" connotes the common method of transporting slaves to market where they would be bought or sold. She is being called out to go to market by the "one last voice." The desperate tone is tempered by the hope that they will see each other again after the "Jubilee" (emancipation), or "if that Jubilee don't come" when they both escape and are "on the run." Robert Reifenberg Chicago |
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| Grateful Dead – Sugaree Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Wrong From Hunter's liner notes for the re-issue of "Garcia" in the box set "All Good Things": "Sugaree was written soon after I moved from the Garcia household to China Camp. People assume the idea was cadged from Elizabeth Cotten's Sugaree, but, in fact, the song was originally titled 'Stingaree,' which is a poisonous South Sea manta. The phrase 'just don't tell them that you know me' was prompted by something said by an associate in my pre-Dead days when my destitute circumstances found me fraternizing with a gang of minor criminals. What he said, when departing, was: 'Hold your mud and don't mention my name.' "Why change the title to 'Sugaree'? Just thought it sounded better that way, made the addressee seem more hard-bitten to bear a sugar-coated name. The song, as I imagined it, is addressed to a pimp. And yes, I knew Libba's song, and did indeed borrow the new name from her, suggested by the 'Shake it' refrain." |
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| The Rolling Stones – Sympathy for the Devil Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| I think if this song was written today there may be another line or two about the recent events in Blacksburg. | |
| Don Henley – Dirty Laundry Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| This song came on Sirius the other day and with all this huge news reporting after the tragedy at Virginia Tech I feel this song fits that mold perfectly. These national news channels are looking for ratings and stories not to report on the situation. Its a very sad situation. | |
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