Language of the Blues - Edmonton Blues Society

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The Eagle Rock may have been picked up from Native American dances in which
dancers mimic the movements of a flying eagle, as was done at the Eagle Rock
Reservation in northern New Jersey. Another theory is that it was named after the Eagle
Rock Baptist Church in Kansas City, where worshippers were prone to waving their arms
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Songs:
- Bessie Smith and Webman
- James Burris and Chris Smith
- Aaron T. Walker
E ASY RID E R (see also C.C. RID E R and RID E R)
her earnings.
Easy rider can switch genders to refer to either a male or a female lover. When used to
refer to a man, it usually implies that the man is slippery and faithless. Bessie Smith made
Songs:
Easy rider, you see I'm going away,
- Blind Lemon Jefferson (Lemon Jefferson)
- Bessie Smith/I. Johns
F A R O, F A R O R
F
was occasionally spelled fairo.
.
It was late at midnight and moon shine bright like day
I seen your f
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