W.Dockery wrote:

> Zod wrote:

>> Will Dockery wrote:

>>>
>>>> >>>> > A little visit to Tin Pan Alley. Check out free download of the
>>>> >>>> day
>>>> >>>> > "Rag-Picker Joe" / Will Dockery & Henry Conley
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> https://www.reverbnation.com/willdockery/song/26082646-rag-picker-joe--will-dockery-henry?0
>>>> >>
>>>> >>>> > Rag-Picker Joe written by Will Dockery & Henry Conley, trumpet by
>>>> >>>> > Riley Yielding, clarinet & bass by Doug Conley, drums by John
>>>> >>>> > Phillips.
>>>> >>>> >
>>>> >>>> > Rag-Picker Joe
>>>> >>>> >
>>>> >>>> > On a stroll,
>>>> >>>> > along a Southside dole.
>>>> >>>> > To collect my thoughts
>>>> >>>> > and learn what I used to know.
>>>> >>>> >
>>>> >>>> > Ambling down the street
>>>> >>>> > friend to all he meets
>>>> >>>> > here comes Rag-Picker Joe:
>>>> >>>> >
>>>> >>>> > "Hey hey man,
>>>> >>>> > you got a pistol in your hand.
>>>> >>>> > Don't go doing the things
>>>> >>>> > we often talked about..."
>>>> >>>> >
>>>> >>>> > Rag-Picker Joe,
>>>> >>>> > it's our lives now don't you know?
>>>> >>>> > It just ain't worth doing all that time...
>>>> >>>> >
>>>> >>>> > Sally Sue came back
>>>> >>>> > took his Cadillac
>>>> >>>> > her brothers jacked him up
>>>> >>>> > and left him on the curb.
>>>> >>>> >
>>>> >>>> > This is life in the city
>>>> >>>> > we got our ways and our means.
>>>> >>>> > Rag-Picker Joe...
>>>> >>>> >
>>>> >>>> > He said:
>>>> >>>> > "Man
>>>> >>>> > I got the upper hand,
>>>> >>>> > gonna win this war
>>>> >>>> > come high water or ice."
>>>> >>>> >
>>>> >>>> > Rag-Picker Joe
>>>> >>>> > why did you go do
>>>> >>>> > all those things you did?
>>>> >>>> >
>>>> >>>> > Rag-Picker Joe
>>>> >>>> > do do do do...
>>>> >>>> > those things we talked about in jest.
>>>> >>>> >
>>>> >>>> > That's the last I seen of old Joe
>>>> >>>> > he got blown away by the tornado
>>>> >>>> > an act of God but absolutely just.
>>>> >>>> >
>>>> >>>> > Rag-Picker Joe
>>>> >>>> > why did you go do
>>>> >>>> > things we often talked about in jest?
>>>> >>>> >
>>>> >>>> > Rag-Picker Joe
>>>> >>>> > blown away by a tornado
>>>> >>>> > sad case but what did we expect?
>>>> >>>> >
>>>> >>>> > -Will Dockery
>>
>>>> A good modern jazz feel on here....

>>> Not sure if this one from Nova BBS posted everywhere.

>> We shall see...

> It seems to have.

MORE real poetry from the bygone days of yore....