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From: will.dockery@gmail.com (W.Dockery)
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Subject: Re: Rag-Picker Joe / Will Dockery & Henry Conley
Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2024 07:54:45 +0000
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General-Zod wrote:

> Will Dockery wrote:
>
>> Zod wrote:
>
>>> Will Dockery wrote:
>
>>>>
>>>>> >>>>  > A little visit to Tin Pan Alley. Check out free download of the
>>>>> >>>> day
>>>>> >>>>  > "Rag-Picker Joe" / Will Dockery & Henry Conley
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>
>>>>> https://www.reverbnation.com/willdockery/song/26082646-rag-picker-joe--will-dockery-henry?0
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>>>  > Rag-Picker Joe written by Will Dockery & Henry Conley, trumpet
>>>>> by
>>>>> >>>>  > Riley Yielding, clarinet & bass by Doug Conley, drums by John
>>>>> >>>>  > Phillips.
>>>>> >>>>  >
>>>>> >>>>  > Rag-Picker Joe
>>>>> >>>>  >
>>>>> >>>>  > On a stroll,
>>>>> >>>>  > along a Southside dole.
>>>>> >>>>  > To collect my thoughts
>>>>> >>>>  > and learn what I used to know.
>>>>> >>>>  >
>>>>> >>>>  > Ambling down the street
>>>>> >>>>  > friend to all he meets
>>>>> >>>>  > here comes Rag-Picker Joe:
>>>>> >>>>  >
>>>>> >>>>  > "Hey hey man,
>>>>> >>>>  > you got a pistol in your hand.
>>>>> >>>>  > Don't go doing the things
>>>>> >>>>  > we often talked about..."
>>>>> >>>>  >
>>>>> >>>>  > Rag-Picker Joe,
>>>>> >>>>  > it's our lives now don't you know?
>>>>> >>>>  > It just ain't worth doing all that time...
>>>>> >>>>  >
>>>>> >>>>  > Sally Sue came back
>>>>> >>>>  > took his Cadillac
>>>>> >>>>  > her brothers jacked him up
>>>>> >>>>  > and left him on the curb.
>>>>> >>>>  >
>>>>> >>>>  > This is life in the city
>>>>> >>>>  > we got our ways and our means.
>>>>> >>>>  > Rag-Picker Joe...
>>>>> >>>>  >
>>>>> >>>>  > He said:
>>>>> >>>>  > "Man
>>>>> >>>>  > I got the upper hand,
>>>>> >>>>  > gonna win this war
>>>>> >>>>  > come high water or ice."
>>>>> >>>>  >
>>>>> >>>>  > Rag-Picker Joe
>>>>> >>>>  > why did you go do
>>>>> >>>>  > all those things you did?
>>>>> >>>>  >
>>>>> >>>>  > Rag-Picker Joe
>>>>> >>>>  > do do do do...
>>>>> >>>>  > those things we talked about in jest.
>>>>> >>>>  >
>>>>> >>>>  > That's the last I seen of old Joe
>>>>> >>>>  > he got blown away by the tornado
>>>>> >>>>  > an act of God but absolutely just.
>>>>> >>>>  >
>>>>> >>>>  > Rag-Picker Joe
>>>>> >>>>  > why did you go do
>>>>> >>>>  > things we often talked about in jest?
>>>>> >>>>  >
>>>>> >>>>  > Rag-Picker Joe
>>>>> >>>>  > blown away by a tornado
>>>>> >>>>  > sad case but what did we expect?
>>>>> >>>>  >
>>>>> >>>>  > -Will Dockery
>>>>> >
>>>>> >>  Congratulations, Will.
>>>>> >  Thanks, Pendragon...
>>>>>
>>>>> A good modern jazz feel on here....
>
>>>> Not sure if this one from Nova BBS posted everywhere.
>
>>> We shall see...
>
>> Testing this right now.
>
> Indeed, we shall see the results at this time...!

Here goes.

😏