Comments on: Twenty nine links of chain around my feet http://www.chrisrand.com/hmhb/twenty-nine-links-of-chain-around-my-feet/ Busking this at Embankment Tube tomorrow Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:12:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: R Wenner http://www.chrisrand.com/hmhb/twenty-nine-links-of-chain-around-my-feet/#comment-2943 R Wenner Sat, 18 Jul 2009 22:21:10 +0000 http://www.chrisrand.com/hmhb/?p=735#comment-2943 This song, entitled "It takes a worried man" was covered and popularized by the Kingston Trio in the 1950's or early 60's. Look them up and see if their lyrics to this song are posted, and you can perhaps demystify the line you find puzzling. This song, entitled “It takes a worried man” was covered and popularized by the Kingston Trio in the 1950′s or early 60′s. Look them up and see if their lyrics to this song are posted, and you can perhaps demystify the line you find puzzling.

]]> By: Charles Exford http://www.chrisrand.com/hmhb/twenty-nine-links-of-chain-around-my-feet/#comment-2685 Charles Exford Thu, 28 May 2009 10:02:34 +0000 http://www.chrisrand.com/hmhb/?p=735#comment-2685 RC may just be Railroad Company. I would love to know more about the origins of the song way back before the Carter Family. The numerical pattern of the verses hints that maybe it was a much longer slave labour & then convict labour song, with a lot more verses counting down through numbers. If anyone finds anything to expand upon the hint at the bottom of this page, for example, that it has 'born from the African experience in America', please post : http://www.oldtownschool.org/resourcecenter/songnotes_W.html Meanwhile Chris you'll be delighted to know I just added 2 much-needed apostrophes to the brief Biscuit reference on the "Worried Man Blues" Wikipedia page. RC may just be Railroad Company.

I would love to know more about the origins of the song way back before the Carter Family. The numerical pattern of the verses hints that maybe it was a much longer slave labour & then convict labour song, with a lot more verses counting down through numbers. If anyone finds anything to expand upon the hint at the bottom of this page, for example, that it has ‘born from the African experience in America’, please post :
http://www.oldtownschool.org/resourcecenter/songnotes_W.html

Meanwhile Chris you’ll be delighted to know I just added 2 much-needed apostrophes to the brief Biscuit reference on the “Worried Man Blues” Wikipedia page.

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