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Misc: Blues : R&B

  1. Down In Mexico
  2. The Snake

Down In Mexico [Coasters]
1956

Used in the Tarantino film s new film "Deathproof"
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Down in Mexicali
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There's a crazy little place that I know
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Where the drinks are hotter than the chili sauce
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And the boss is a cat named Joe
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He wears a red bandana, plays a blues piano
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In a honky-tonk, down in Mexico
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He wears a purple sash, and a black moustache
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In a honky-tonk, down in Mexico Well, the first time that I saw him He was sittin' on a piano stool I said "Tell me dad, when does the fun begin?" He just winked his eye and said "Man, be cool" He wears a red bandana, plays a blues piano In a honky-tonk, down in Mexico He wears a purple sash, and a black moustache In a honky-tonk, down in Mexico
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(In Mexico) All of a sudden in walks this chick (In Mexico) Joe starts playing on a Latin kick (In Mexico) Around her waist she wore three fishnets (In Mexico) She started dancin' with the castanets (In Mexico) I didn't know just what to expect (In Mexico) She threw her arms around my neck (In Mexico) We started dancin' all around the floor (In Mexico) And then she did a dance I never saw before. So if you're south of the border I mean down in Mexico And you wanna get straight, Man, don't hesitate Just look up a cat named Joe He wears a red bandana, plays the cool piano In a honky-tonk, down in Mexico He wears a purple sash, and a black moustache In a honky-tonk, down in Mexico
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Hey, como est usted senorita?
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Hey, come with me to Mexico city
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Ah you can get your kicks in Mexico
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Ha crazy, come with me baby, come with me

The Snake [Al Wilson]
1968

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On her way to work one morning, down the path alongside the lake
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A tender-hearted woman saw a poor half-frozen snake
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His pretty colored skin had been all frosted with the dew
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"Oh well," she cried, "I'll take you in and I'll take care of you"
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"Take me in tender woman, take me in, for heaven's sake
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Take me in, tender woman," sighed the snake She wrapped him all cozy in a coverture of silk And laid him by the fireside with some honey and some milk She hurried home from work that night and soon as she arrived She found that pretty snake she'd taken in had been revived "Take me in tender woman, take me in, for heaven's sake Take me in, tender woman," sighed the snake
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She clutched him to her bosom, "You're so beautiful," she cried
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"But if I hadn't brought you in by now you might have died" She stroked his pretty skin again and kissed and held him tight But instead of saying "thanks", the snake gave her a vicious bite "Take me in, tender woman, take me in, for heaven's sake Take me in, tender woman," sighed the snake
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"I saved you," cried the woman, "And you've bitten me, even why?
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You know your bite is poisonous and now I'm going to die" "Oh shut up, silly woman," said the reptile with a grin "You knew darn well I was a snake before you brought me in "Take me in, tender woman, take me in, for heaven's sake Take me in, tender woman," sighed the snake