When Tuba Skinny play it, the vocal seems to consist of 18 bars of which all have the usual 4 beats except for the third bar, which has six beats. Very strange.
Listen to Memphis Minnie singing her song by clicking here. Note there seem to be no words sung at all during bars 9 and 10.
Tuba Skinny took up the song in the 2010s, with Erika Lewis providing the trickily-timed vocal. Like Memphis Minnie, they play it in the unusual key of G. Enjoy their performance by clicking here.
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Footnote
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