Overheard at Booth 1: Lock and Key

BLUES SONG

I was listening to Early Texas Blues song and heard one called "Lock and Key Blues"

Couldn't hear the lyrics all that well, but this came to mind as a Blues song.  The misogyny is on full display here, and beyond the obvious satire of the typical Blues song, there is a seriousness, in that men do indeed murder their spouses for reasons such as are described in these lyrics

Lock and Key

I got a woman
keep her under lock and key
I said I got a woman
keep her under lock and key
That’s the only way I know 
she won’t run around on me

I got a woman
keep her chained to the floor
Oh yeah I got a woman
And I keep chained to the floor
That way she won’t
be crawlin’ ‘round some other man’s door

Well you know I got a woman
She six feet underground.
I said, I got a woman
She be six feet under da ground
That’s the only way I know 
She won’t be runnin’ ‘round.

That’s the only way I be sure
she won’t be runnin’ all over town.

MR

2023-0223