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Went Down Town
From Miss Jewell Robbins, Pekin, Montgomery county (later Mrs.
C. P. Perdue), c. 1921, with music. Resembles 'The County Jail' in
BSSM 357.
1 Went down town.
Went down town, didn't mean no harm.
Police grabbed me by my aruL
2 Went up town wid my hat in my hand,
Lookin' fo' a woman tain't got no man.
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502
Went Down Town
'Went Down Town,' Sung by Miss Jewell Robbins, Pekin, Montgomery
county, about 1921. The recording begins with the second line of the stanza.
The beginning of the tune is similar to the second phrase of 'There'll be a
Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight' ; it is also like the beginning of the
first World War song : 'Goodbye Broadway, Hello France.'
F-456
Went down town, didn't harm.
The po - lice grabbed me by the arm.
Scale : Mode HI, plagal. Tonal Center : e-flat. Structure : ab (4,4)