27 dec Ham and Eggs door Leadbelly

Huddy William Ledbetter was een Amerikaans zanger en gitarist (1865-1949). Hij werd bekend onder de naam Leadbelly, een bijnaam die hij kreeg in de gevangenis, toen hij veroordeeld was wegens moord. Dit is niet zijn bekendste liedje, dan moet je eerder denken aan Goodnight, Irene, Rock Island Line, The Midnight Special en Cotton Fields. Maar deze is wel mijn favoriet. Lonnie Donegan en Woody Guthrie hebben dit nummer ook opgenomen. Volgens sommige bronnen is het een lied dat vooral door gedetineerden werd gezongen.
Ledbetter is opgenomen in de Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988.

Ham and eggs,
pork and beans I would’a had had more,
boys, but the cook was so mean I’m gonna ro-o-oll,
roll in a hurry, hurry, hurry

To make it on the side o’ the road
If I had known my captain was blind
Wouldn’t’a come to work, boys,
when the clock struck nine I’m gonna ro-o-oll,
roll in a hurry, hurry, hurry
To make it on the side o’ the road
Pork and beans, pork and beans
Would’a had more, but the cook was so mean
I’m gonna ro-o-oll, roll in a hurry, hurry, hurry
To make it on the side o’ the road
If I had known my captain was back
I wouldn’t’a sold that special, gun that is, that I once had had
Ooh well, gonna ro-o-oll, roll in a hurry, hurry, hurry
To make it on the side o’ the road
Ham and eggs, pork and beans
Would’a had more, but the cook was so mean,
ah mean I’m gonna ro-o-oll, roll in a hurry, hurry, hurry
Oh, to make it on the side o’ the road

(…)

Ham and eggs, pork and beans
Would’a had had more, boy, but the cook was so mean
I’m gonna ro-o-oll, roll in a hurry, hurry, hurry
Oh, to make it on the side o’ the road
Oh, to make it on the side o’ the road
Oh, to make it on the side o’ the road

Met dank aan Frank van Wijck