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Drunkard's Special / Ask Me Now

from Harlem Hayride by Karl Straub & the Graverobbers

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lyrics

First night when I went home
Drunk as I could be
There’s another mule in the stable
Where my mule oughta be.
Come here honey
Explain this thing to me
How come another mule in the stable
Where my mule oughta be?
Oh crazy, oh silly.
Can’t you plainly see?
That’s nothing but a milk cow
Where your mule oughta be.
Well I’ve traveled this world over
Million times or more
Saddle on a milk cow’s back
I’ve never seen before.

Second night when I came home
As drunk as I could be
There’s another coat on the coat rack
Where my coat oughta be.
Come here honey
Explain this thing to me
How come another coat on the coat rack
Where my coat oughta be?
Oh crazy, oh silly.
Can’t you plainly see?
That’s nothing but a bed quilt
Where your coat oughta be.
Been all ’round
this world
Million times or more
Pockets on a bed quilt
I’ve never seen before.

The third night
when I came home
As drunk as I could be
There’s another head
on the pillow
Where my head oughta be.
Come here honey
Explain this thing to me
How come another
head on the pillow
Where my head
oughta be?
Oh crazy, oh silly.
Can’t you plainly see?
That’s nothing but a
cabbage head
Your grandma
sent to me.
Well I’ve been all
’round this world
Million times
or more
A hat on a
cabbage head
I’ve never seen before.

credits

from Harlem Hayride, released July 19, 2013
"Drunkard's Special" Traditional. Arr. © Karl Straub, 2013 (Clever Bits Music/BMI)

"Ask Me Now" by Thelonious Monk (BMI). Arr. © Karl Straub, 2013 (Clever Bits Music/BMI)

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Karl Straub Alexandria, Virginia

KARL STRAUB writes music the way birds build nests, throwing together something sturdy from whatever detritus is lying around. Bubblegum pop, Charlie Parker, Merle Haggard and Bob Wills, Rodgers & Hart, psych fuzz, the Dolls and Velvet Underground, etc.
Straub basically uses two approaches when he writes lyrics— storytelling and impressionism. ... more

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