Lyrics to
Jug Band Music

This version of Jug Band Music was released by Lucinda Williams in 1979.

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When I was up
In Memphis, Tennessee
Jug band music
Sounds so sweet to me
Because it sounds so sweet
And they’re hard to beat
Ri-da-doo-dee, jug band music
Certainly was a treat for me

Well, I went to my man
Put my hand on his knees
And said: “If you can’t play the jug
You can’t play with me”
Because it sounds so sweet
And they’re hard to beat
Ri-da-doo-dee, jug band music
Certainly was a treat for me

And then I took off my socks
I took off my shoes
I danced all night
To the jug band blues
Because it sounds sweet
And they’re hard to beat
Ri-da-doo-dee, jug band music
Certainly was a treat for me

And then I went back home
Turned on my radio
Jug band music
Made me stop and slow
Because it sounds so sweet
And they’re hard to beat
Ri-da-doo-dee, jug band music
Certainly was a treat for me

And it was way downtown
In Memphis, Tennessee
Jug band music
Sounds so sweet to me
Because it sounds so sweet
And they’re hard to beat
Ri-da-doo-dee, jug band music
Certainly was a treat for
Jug band music
Certainly was a treat for
Jug band music
Certainly was a treat for me

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About Lyrics and Jug Band Music by Lucinda Williams

When you decide to study the lyrics to Jug Band Music, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1979 song by Lucinda Williams. Some of the lyrics to Jug Band Music have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Lucinda Williams and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Jug Band Music if you take apart the structure of the words. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Jug Band Music" means the words set to the music of Jug Band Music, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Lucinda Williams. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Jug Band Music and the lyrics to Jug Band Music are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Lucinda Williams who came here looking just for the lyrics to Jug Band Music, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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