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Walk and talk to Ginger Blue
Sure you are a-joking
Oh, my Ginger never die.

You know I got sick the other day, and I went up to see the doctor. He said, “Boy, you’ve been to the toilet yesterday?” I said, “No.” Said, “Today?” Said, “No.” Said, “You’re constipated. That’ll be five dollars.” Well, I went out of there, and I felt pretty blue, so I started singing:

Walk and talk to Ginger Blue
Sure you are a joking
Oh, my Ginger never die.

Said to myself, “That’s a pretty good racket, so I [should] hang up my own shingle. So I got me a shingle, and I wrote up on it, “Doctor Ginger Blue Lives Here,” and I hung it up. A big, fat woman come in, the first customer, and I said, “Lady, you been to the toilet yesterday?” She said, “No.” I said, “Today?” Said, “No.” I said, “Lady, you’re full of something — that'll be five dollars, please.” And she hit me over the head with her purse. I run out of there, but I went down the street
singing:

Walk and talk to Ginger Blue
Sure you are a-joking
Oh, my Ginger never die.

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from Survey of Traditional Music, Vol. 5: Grown on American Soil, released August 7, 2023
Recorded by Mark Wilson, Medford, MA, 5/8/74. Previously unissued.

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