the murder ballad by jelly roll morton, complete lyrics

[louismaistros]

So, I’m wandering the net trying to find a complete version of the lyrics to The Murder Ballad by Jelly Roll Morton, and to my great surprise it just ain’t there. I kind of needed it to complete an essay I promised to the internetually famous and too-cool-for-school Largeheartedboy (to whom I thank for the invitation), so, what the hell, I decided

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[sicksadie]

I like!
This would look good written on a long piece of parchment.

[dean_italiano]

Very cool - I wish I could hear it! :)

[louismaistros]

You can! All 7 parts can be downloaded from iTunes.

[louismaistros]

Yeah you rite.

Oh, Mr. Jelly!

[infrogmation]

Well done.

For the record, a transcription has been on line here, part of the extensive Doctor Jazz Jelly Roll Morton website

There's also a transcription of all the LOC interviews in PBS as part of the Rounder Records boxed set of JRM LOC interviews.

Re: Oh, Mr. Jelly!

[louismaistros]

I knew that there were transcripts of all of the LOC Lomax interviews/recordings included with the box set -- but I'm still not seeing a full transcript on the net. Do you have a direct link to the transcript on the doctorjazz site?

Re: Oh, Mr. Jelly!

[infrogmation]

It's at this link I posted, about halfway down the page (it's bunches of Morton LOC transcriptions per page). Just go to the link and then do a page search for "Murder" and it'll take you to the start of it.

Re: Oh, Mr. Jelly!

[louismaistros]

Ah, ok. No wonder it was difficult to locate. Thanks.