Man in the Sand

Last night I watched Man in the Sand, a documentary about the making of Billy Bragg and Wilco's two Mermaid Avenue albums (which are great, by the way). The documentary tells the story of how Nora Guthrie and Billy Bragg worked together to bring some of Nora's father's unrecorded songs to life - Nora's father being Woody Guthrie. It's also a documumentary about Woody himself - the rambling, womanizing, loving, provocative, song-writing hobo.


The documentary ends with a live performance of Hoodoo Voodoo, a song played at the end of my wedding reception. bub

Hoodoo Voodoo

Hoodoo voodoo, seven twenty one two
Haystacka hostacka, ABC
High poker, low joker, ninety-nine-a-zero
Sidewalk, streetcar, dance a goofy dance

Blackbirdy, bluejay, one, two, three, four
Trash sack, jump back, EFG
Biggy hat, little hat, fatty man, skinny man
Grasshopper greensnake, hold my hand

Hoodoo voodoo, chooka-chooky-choo-choo
True blue, how true, kissle me now

Momma cat, Tommy cat, diapers on my clothes line
Two, four, six, eight, I run and hide
Pretty girl, pretty boy, pony on a tin can
I'll be yours, you'll be mine

Hoodoo voodoo, chooka-chooky-choo-choo
True blue, how true, kissle me now

Jinga jangler, tinga lingle, picture on a bricky wall
Hot and scamper, foamy lather, huggle me close
Hot breeze, old cheese, slicky slacky fishy tails
Brush my hair, kissle me some more

Hoodoo voodoo, chooka chooky choo choo
True blue, how true, kissle me now

Hoodoo voodoo, chooka chooky choo choo
True blue, how true, kissle me now
Kissle me now

Brush my hair
And kissle me some more

Kissle me some more
Kissle me some more