The First Shot Missed Him
Tags: MIssissippi John Hurt
(Cecil Mack, Chris Smith, Everett J. Smith)
1912
Well, the first shot missed him, a mile away
The last shot got him, so they say
Oh, the last shot got him
The last shot got him.
She cooked good biscuits, so they say
She cooked good biscuits, so they say
Oh, she cooked good biscuits,
She cooked good biscuits, so they say.
Well, She got good business, so they say
She got good business, so they say
Oh, she got good business
She got good business.
I wanna stay with you,
I wanna stay with you,
I wanna stay with you.
An ebullient little miniature from the playing of Mississippi John Hurt. (Guitar and fretless gourd banjo)
Scott Ainslie
Born in Rochester NY in 1952, Scott Ainslie has been playing music on something since he was three years old. A guitarist since 1967 with powerful appreciation for and apprenticeships with elder black and white musicians in different musical traditions, Ainslie carries a portion of them forward in his own traditional blues performances and songwriting.