tenbus
10 posts
Jan 26, 2011
7:42 AM
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Greetings fellow harpers and a happy Australia Day to you!!
I have a non contentious question about Robert Johnson's lyrics. I just got the "Complete Recording" CD and have, of course, been listening a lot ( some would say obsessively)
Now does he sing "to" or "from" "the land of Californay to My Sweet Home Chicago?
Sometimes it seems to be "to" and sometimes "from"-
Any help would be much appreciated.---------
"If something is neither here nor there - where the hell is it?" Chick Murray.
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MrVerylongusername
1529 posts
Jan 26, 2011
7:53 AM
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I could be wrong, but I always thought is was "To"
which kind of makes the lyric odd. I presumed that "Land of California" was a way of saying "land of opportunity" and not an actual reference to the State - that would be some seriously bad geography!
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Blues13
82 posts
Jan 26, 2011
7:57 AM
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Hi tenbus. Good Australia Day to you. I'm listening to the song right now and he's saying " back to the land of California from my sweet home Chicago" the first time then it changes, to my sweet home Chicago. I've been listening to it a few time and I'm pretty sure.
Martin
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Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.
Isaac Asimov
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