Comments on: Little Pink Anderson’s Version http://nonotes.wordpress.com/2007/04/30/little-pink-andersons-version/ Regarding "St. James Infirmary" and other things related to the book "Letters From New Orleans" Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:32:05 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Little Pink http://nonotes.wordpress.com/2007/04/30/little-pink-andersons-version/#comment-1327 Little Pink Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:27:24 +0000 http://nonotes.wordpress.com/2007/04/30/little-pink-andersons-version/#comment-1327 This version of St. James is from the heart. My best girl is my mother. Joe is from the version I learned from my father as a child. I tried to keep it relative to my6 teachings. I learned this song at age 4 and recorded it some 47 years later. This version of St. James is from the heart. My best girl is my mother. Joe is from the version I learned from my father as a child. I tried to keep it relative to my6 teachings. I learned this song at age 4 and recorded it some 47 years later.

]]> By: The Tom Jones Version « NO NOTES http://nonotes.wordpress.com/2007/04/30/little-pink-andersons-version/#comment-607 The Tom Jones Version « NO NOTES Thu, 29 Nov 2007 14:41:00 +0000 http://nonotes.wordpress.com/2007/04/30/little-pink-andersons-version/#comment-607 [...] There is another version that does this, though: The Little Pink Anderson take that I wrote about here. (See that earlier post for my theorizing about how to reconcile two guys in the same song telling [...] [...] There is another version that does this, though: The Little Pink Anderson take that I wrote about here. (See that earlier post for my theorizing about how to reconcile two guys in the same song telling [...]

]]> By: NO NOTES http://nonotes.wordpress.com/2007/04/30/little-pink-andersons-version/#comment-132 NO NOTES Wed, 06 Jun 2007 15:28:01 +0000 http://nonotes.wordpress.com/2007/04/30/little-pink-andersons-version/#comment-132 [...] but whatever happens, “a woman was the cause of it all.” As mentioned in the Little Pink Anderson entry, this is one of the lyrical variations that Carl Sandburg included (as “Those Gambler’s [...] [...] but whatever happens, “a woman was the cause of it all.” As mentioned in the Little Pink Anderson entry, this is one of the lyrical variations that Carl Sandburg included (as “Those Gambler’s [...]

]]> By: nonotes http://nonotes.wordpress.com/2007/04/30/little-pink-andersons-version/#comment-61 nonotes Tue, 01 May 2007 12:11:09 +0000 http://nonotes.wordpress.com/2007/04/30/little-pink-andersons-version/#comment-61 Wow, I LOVE that interpretation! That's so much better than anything I came up with. If I had a prize, I'd give it to you. Thanks for the note! Wow, I LOVE that interpretation! That’s so much better than anything I came up with.

If I had a prize, I’d give it to you.

Thanks for the note!

]]> By: Neal http://nonotes.wordpress.com/2007/04/30/little-pink-andersons-version/#comment-59 Neal Mon, 30 Apr 2007 23:46:59 +0000 http://nonotes.wordpress.com/2007/04/30/little-pink-andersons-version/#comment-59 By "best girl," could he have possibly meant that he was a pimp and that this was his most profitable prostitute. Then maybe Big Joe was her best costumer. This would explain how she may have received a VD and why Big Joe is prepairing for his own funeral. By “best girl,” could he have possibly meant that he was a pimp and that this was his most profitable prostitute. Then maybe Big Joe was her best costumer. This would explain how she may have received a VD and why Big Joe is prepairing for his own funeral.

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