11. Don’t Let Your Deal Go Down :: Fiddlin’ John Carson (Atlanta GA). Deemed by the Governor of Tennessee as Fiddlin’ John, this feisty fiddler swept the nation with his playing at local fiddlers conventions (where he was known to carry his fiddle in a flour sack) and on the South’s first radio station in Atlanta, WSB (the call letters standing for “Welcome South, Brother).
lyrics
I’ve been all around this whole wide world
I’ve been to sunny Tennessee
And any old place I hang my hat
It seems like home to me
Don’t let your deal go down, little girl
Don’t let your deal go down
Don’t let your deal go down, little girl
‘Til your last gold dollar is gone
Yea, who’s gonna shoe your pretty little feet
Yea, who’s gonna glove your hand
Who’s gonna kiss your red ruby lips
When I’m in a foreign land
Don’t let your deal go down, little girl
Don’t let your deal go down
Don’t let your deal go down, little girl
‘Til your last gold dollar is gone
Well, Poppa’s gonna shoe my pretty little feet
And Momma’s glove my hand
And sister’s gonna kiss my red ruby lips
When you’re in a foreign land
Don’t let your deal go down, little girl
Don’t let your deal go down
Don’t let your deal go down, little girl
‘Til your last gold dollar is gone
Don’t let your deal go down, little girl
Don’t let your deal go down
Don’t let your deal go down, little girl
‘Til your last gold dollar is gone
credits
from Don't Let Your Deal Go Down,
released April 1, 2011
Chance McCoy - Fiddle, Vocals
Sabra Guzmán – Guitar, Vocals
Ben Townsend - Banjo
Jake Hopping – Bass
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Great choice of music, expertly played and sung. Nicely produced. I hope to see The Onlies live, asap. This is an album I listen to over and over. Karamogo
supported by 5 fans who also own “Don't Let Your Deal Go Down”
The musicianship--it is ALIVE, PULSING and joyous, sometimes quietly, sometimes raucously, always with their hearts in it. Among all the gems, Old Paint's banjo is one of the most beautiful arrangements ever, and that Cocaine Blues really swings--great fiddling, Josh! lenapple
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