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  13 <h1 class="songtitle">Diamond Joe (M&amp;A)</h1>
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  16 <p>Trad. <br />
  17 Recorded and filmed by Bob Dylan w/band for <em>Masked and
  18 Anonymous</em> (2003)<br />
  19 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem</p>
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  22
  23 <p><em>Diamond Jo</em> was the name of a steamboat that ran on the upper
  24 Mississippi in the period 1864-83, owned by &ldquo;Diamond Jo&rdquo;
  25 Reynolds. (He also built his own railroad from Malvern to Hot Springs
  26 (Arkansas, I believe), after a painful carriage trip to cure his
  27 rheumatism in the healing waters of Hot Springs). The refrain line
  28 &ldquo;Diamond Jo come and get me&rdquo; could be a reference to the boat. <br />
  29 Early versions of the song recorded by the Georgia Crackers (1927) and
  30 Charlie Butler (1937), then a prisoner at the Parchman prison.<br />
  31 The song is not related to <a href="../35_gaibty/diamond_joe.htm" class="songlink">Diamond Joe</a> on <a href="../35_gaibty/index.htm" class="recordlink">Good As I Been To You</a>, neither musically nor thematically.</p>
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  35 <pre class="refrain">
  36         F
  37 Diamond Joe come and get me
  38    C
  39 My wife done quit me
  40         C                        G
  41 Diamond Joe, you better come and get me,
  42         C
  43 Diamond Joe
  44 </pre>
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  46 <pre class="verse">
  47 Gonna buy me a jug of rum,
  48 Gonna give my baby some
  49 Diamond Joe, you better come and get me,
  50 Diamond Joe.
  51 </pre>
  52
  53 <pre class="refrain">
  54 Diamond Joe come and get me
  55 My wife done quit me
  56 Diamond Joe, you better come and get me,
  57 Diamond Joe
  58 </pre>
  59
  60 <pre class="verse">
  61 [Instrumental verse]
  62
  63 Gonna buy me a jug of whiskey
  64 Gonna make my baby frisky
  65 Diamond Joe, you better come and get me,
  66 Diamond Joe.
  67 </pre>
  68
  69 <pre class="refrain">
  70 Diamond Joe come and get me
  71 My wife done quit me
  72 Diamond Joe, you better come and get me,
  73 Diamond Joe
  74 </pre>
  75
  76 <pre class="verse">
  77 [Instrumental verse]
  78
  79 Gonna buy me a sack of flour
  80 Cook hoe-cakes by the hour
  81 Diamond Joe, you better come and get me,
  82 Diamond Joe
  83 </pre>
  84
  85 <pre class="refrain">
  86 Diamond Joe come and get me
  87 My wife done quit me
  88 Diamond Joe, you better come and get me,
  89 Diamond Joe
  90 </pre>
  91
  92 <pre class="verse">
  93 [2 Instrumental verses]
  94 </pre>
  95
  96 <pre class="refrain">
  97 Diamond Joe come and get me
  98 My wife done quit me
  99 Diamond Joe, you better come and get me,
 100 Diamond Joe
 101
 102 Diamond Joe come and get me
 103 My wife done quit me
 104 Diamond Joe, you better come and get me,
 105 Diamond Joe
 106 </pre>
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 109
 110 <p>References: </p>
 111
 112 <p>The Story of Joseph Reynolds: <a class="url" href="http://asms.k12.ar.us/armem/crites/djbio.htm">http://asms.k12.ar.us/armem/crites/djbio.htm</a><br />
 113 Riverboats (register): <a class="url" href="http://members.tripod.com/~Write4801/owners/d.html">http://members.tripod.com/~Write4801/owners/d.html</a>,<br />
 114 Mudcat entry: <a class="url" href="http://www.mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=1558">http://www.mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=1558</a> (see also the related threads)
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