Lyrics and translation Taj Mahal - Diving Duck Blues (Live)
If
the
river
was
whiskey
Si
la
rivière
était
du
whisky
I
would
be
a
diving
duck
Je
serais
un
canard
plongeur
If
the
river
was
whiskey
Si
la
rivière
était
du
whisky
I
would
be
a
diving
duck
Je
serais
un
canard
plongeur
I
would
swim
to
the
bottom,
but
I
would
drink
my
way
up
Je
nagerais
jusqu'au
fond,
mais
je
remonerais
en
buvant
If
you
were
a
good
woman
Si
tu
étais
une
bonne
femme
I
would
never
have
to
roam
Je
n'aurais
jamais
à
errer
If
you
were
a
good
woman
Si
tu
étais
une
bonne
femme
I
would
never
have
to
roam
Je
n'aurais
jamais
à
errer
I′d
give
up
drinking
whiskey
and
I
would
always
stay
at
home
J'arrêterais
de
boire
du
whisky
et
je
resterais
toujours
à
la
maison
River
go
to
the
ocean,
ocean
go
to
the
sea
La
rivière
va
à
l'océan,
l'océan
va
à
la
mer
Why
you
ain't
no
good
woman
Pourquoi
n'es-tu
pas
une
bonne
femme
A
mystery
to
me
C'est
un
mystère
pour
moi
River
go
to
the
ocean,
ocean
go
to
the
sea
La
rivière
va
à
l'océan,
l'océan
va
à
la
mer
And
like
a
fish
has
got
to
swim,
you′ve
got
to
make
a
fool
out
of
me
Et
comme
un
poisson
doit
nager,
tu
dois
me
faire
passer
pour
un
imbécile
If
the
river
was
whiskey
Si
la
rivière
était
du
whisky
I
would
be
a
diving
duck
Je
serais
un
canard
plongeur
If
the
river
was
whiskey
Si
la
rivière
était
du
whisky
I
would
be
a
diving
duck
Je
serais
un
canard
plongeur
I
would
swim
to
the
bottom,
but
I
would
drink
my
way
up
Je
nagerais
jusqu'au
fond,
mais
je
remonerais
en
buvant
Rate the translation
1
My Ancestors
2 She Caught the Katy and Left Me a Mule to Ride
3 Leaving Trunk
4 .44 Blues
5 By and By (Poor Me)
6 The Devil's Got My Woman
7 I Pity the Poor Immigrant
8 Ain't Nobody's Business
9 Old Time Song-Old Time Love
10 Needed Time (Guitar)
11 Someday Be a Change
12 Horseshoes
13 Jailhouse Blues
14 I'm Running and I'm Happy
15 David Runs Again
16 Just Workin'
17 Morning Work / n' Meat's on the Stove
18 Cheraw
19 Sounder Chase a Coon
20 Motherless Children
21 You Don't Miss Your Water ('Til Your Well Runs Dry)
22 Country Blues #1
23 Aristocracy
24 Light Rain Blues
25 Dear Ladies
26 Linin' Track
27 Big Mama
28 Colored Aristocracy
29 Why?...And We Repeat Why?...And We Repeat!
30 We Tune
31 Easy to Love
32 Tomorrow May Not Be Your Day
33 Keep Your Hands Off Her
34 When I Feel the Sea Beneath My Soul
35 Little Red Hen Blues
36 Blind Boy Rag
37 Roll, Turn, Spin
38 Cajun Waltz
39 Cluck Old Hen
40 A Little Soulful Tune
41 New Stranger Blues (Bonus Track)
42 Eighteen Hammers
43 Done Changed My Way of Living
44 I Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Steal My Jellyroll
45 Good Morning Miss Brown
46 Statesboro Blues
47 Oh, Susanna
48 (Clara) St. Kitts Woman
49 E Z Rider
50 Ain't That a Lot of Love
51 Diving Duck Blues (Live)
52 Fishin' Blues (Live)
53 Going Up to the Country and Paint My Mailbox Blue (Live)
54 She Caught the Katy (And Left Me a Mule to Ride) (Live)
55 You Ain't No Street Walker Mama, Honey But I Do Love the Way You Strut Your Stuff (Live)
56 Statesboro Blues
57 Frankie & Albert
58 Built for Comfort
59 Johnny Too Bad
60 Blackjack Davey
61 Cakewalk into Town
62 Sweet Home Chicago
63 Texas Woman Blues
64 Slave Driver
65 You Ain't No Street Walker Mama, Honey But I Do Love the Way You Strut Your Stuff
66 Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
67 Desperate Lover
68 Further On Down the Road
69 Satisfied 'n' Tickled Too
70 West Indian Revelation
71 Checkin' Up On My Baby
72 Everybody's Got to Change Sometime
73 Dust My Broom
74 Diving Duck Blues
75 Corinna
76 Going Up to the Country, Paint My Mailbox Blue
77 The Cuckoo
78 Baby, What You Want Me to Do?
79 Dust My Broom
80 If the River Was Whiskey (Divin' Duck Blues)
81 2:10 Train
82 Let the Good Times Roll
83 Corrina, Corrina
84 Walkin' Down the Line
85 Take a Giant Step
86 Tulsa County
87 The Cuckoo (Alternate Version)
88 You're Going to Need Somebody On Your Bond (Live)
89 Chevrolet
90 Annie's Lover
91 Fishin' Blues
92 Take a Giant Step
93 You're Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond
94 Six Days On the Road
95 Farther On Down the Road
96 Bacon Fat
97 Wild Ox Moan
98 Candy Man
99 Stagger Lee
100 Needed Time
101 David's Dream
102 Curiosity Blues
103 Two Spirits Reunited
104 Needed Time (Banjo and Hand Clapping)
105 Harriet's Dance Song
106 Needed Time (Hummin' and Pickin')
107 Oh Mama Don't You Know
108 Railroad Bill
109 Teacup's Jazzy Blues Tune
110 Buck Dancer's Choice
111 Bound to Love Me Sometime
112 Ricochet
113 A Free Song (Rise up Children Shake the Devil Out of Your Soul)
114 Conch: Close
115 Gitano Negro
116 Kalimba
117 Chainey Do
118 Sweet Mama Janisse
119 Yan-Nah Mama-Loo
120 Jacob's Ladder
121 Ain't Gwine Whistle Dixie (Any Mo')
122 Shady Grove
123 Butter
124 Runnin' By the Riverside
125 John, Ain't It Hard
126 Band Introduction
127 Big Fat
128 Divin' Duck Blues
129 Why Did You Have to Desert Me
130 Misty Morning Ride
131 Brown-Eyed Hansome Man
132 New E-Z Rider Blues
133 Black Man, Brown Man
134 Baby Love
135 Conch Intro
136 Black Spirit Boogie
137 Celebrated Walkin' Blues
138 Things Are Gonna Work out Fine (Bonus Track)
139 Ain't Gwine to Whistle Dixie (Any Mo') (Live)
140 Sweet Mama Janisse (Live)
141 Big Kneed Gal (Live)
142 Tom and Sally Drake (Live)
143 John, Ain't It Hard (Live)
144 Happy Just to Be Like I Am
145 Stealin’
146 Cajun Tune
147 Give Your Woman What She Wants (From the Motion Picture "The April Fools")
148 Oh Baby, Why Do You Wanna Make It Fat
149 I Got a Little
150 Candy Man
151 11th Street Overcrossing
152 Last Fair Deal Gone Down
153 The Girl with Green Eyes
154 Sunny's Dream
155 Spanish Lace Blues
156 Flyin' so High
2 She Caught the Katy and Left Me a Mule to Ride
3 Leaving Trunk
4 .44 Blues
5 By and By (Poor Me)
6 The Devil's Got My Woman
7 I Pity the Poor Immigrant
8 Ain't Nobody's Business
9 Old Time Song-Old Time Love
10 Needed Time (Guitar)
11 Someday Be a Change
12 Horseshoes
13 Jailhouse Blues
14 I'm Running and I'm Happy
15 David Runs Again
16 Just Workin'
17 Morning Work / n' Meat's on the Stove
18 Cheraw
19 Sounder Chase a Coon
20 Motherless Children
21 You Don't Miss Your Water ('Til Your Well Runs Dry)
22 Country Blues #1
23 Aristocracy
24 Light Rain Blues
25 Dear Ladies
26 Linin' Track
27 Big Mama
28 Colored Aristocracy
29 Why?...And We Repeat Why?...And We Repeat!
30 We Tune
31 Easy to Love
32 Tomorrow May Not Be Your Day
33 Keep Your Hands Off Her
34 When I Feel the Sea Beneath My Soul
35 Little Red Hen Blues
36 Blind Boy Rag
37 Roll, Turn, Spin
38 Cajun Waltz
39 Cluck Old Hen
40 A Little Soulful Tune
41 New Stranger Blues (Bonus Track)
42 Eighteen Hammers
43 Done Changed My Way of Living
44 I Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Steal My Jellyroll
45 Good Morning Miss Brown
46 Statesboro Blues
47 Oh, Susanna
48 (Clara) St. Kitts Woman
49 E Z Rider
50 Ain't That a Lot of Love
51 Diving Duck Blues (Live)
52 Fishin' Blues (Live)
53 Going Up to the Country and Paint My Mailbox Blue (Live)
54 She Caught the Katy (And Left Me a Mule to Ride) (Live)
55 You Ain't No Street Walker Mama, Honey But I Do Love the Way You Strut Your Stuff (Live)
56 Statesboro Blues
57 Frankie & Albert
58 Built for Comfort
59 Johnny Too Bad
60 Blackjack Davey
61 Cakewalk into Town
62 Sweet Home Chicago
63 Texas Woman Blues
64 Slave Driver
65 You Ain't No Street Walker Mama, Honey But I Do Love the Way You Strut Your Stuff
66 Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
67 Desperate Lover
68 Further On Down the Road
69 Satisfied 'n' Tickled Too
70 West Indian Revelation
71 Checkin' Up On My Baby
72 Everybody's Got to Change Sometime
73 Dust My Broom
74 Diving Duck Blues
75 Corinna
76 Going Up to the Country, Paint My Mailbox Blue
77 The Cuckoo
78 Baby, What You Want Me to Do?
79 Dust My Broom
80 If the River Was Whiskey (Divin' Duck Blues)
81 2:10 Train
82 Let the Good Times Roll
83 Corrina, Corrina
84 Walkin' Down the Line
85 Take a Giant Step
86 Tulsa County
87 The Cuckoo (Alternate Version)
88 You're Going to Need Somebody On Your Bond (Live)
89 Chevrolet
90 Annie's Lover
91 Fishin' Blues
92 Take a Giant Step
93 You're Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond
94 Six Days On the Road
95 Farther On Down the Road
96 Bacon Fat
97 Wild Ox Moan
98 Candy Man
99 Stagger Lee
100 Needed Time
101 David's Dream
102 Curiosity Blues
103 Two Spirits Reunited
104 Needed Time (Banjo and Hand Clapping)
105 Harriet's Dance Song
106 Needed Time (Hummin' and Pickin')
107 Oh Mama Don't You Know
108 Railroad Bill
109 Teacup's Jazzy Blues Tune
110 Buck Dancer's Choice
111 Bound to Love Me Sometime
112 Ricochet
113 A Free Song (Rise up Children Shake the Devil Out of Your Soul)
114 Conch: Close
115 Gitano Negro
116 Kalimba
117 Chainey Do
118 Sweet Mama Janisse
119 Yan-Nah Mama-Loo
120 Jacob's Ladder
121 Ain't Gwine Whistle Dixie (Any Mo')
122 Shady Grove
123 Butter
124 Runnin' By the Riverside
125 John, Ain't It Hard
126 Band Introduction
127 Big Fat
128 Divin' Duck Blues
129 Why Did You Have to Desert Me
130 Misty Morning Ride
131 Brown-Eyed Hansome Man
132 New E-Z Rider Blues
133 Black Man, Brown Man
134 Baby Love
135 Conch Intro
136 Black Spirit Boogie
137 Celebrated Walkin' Blues
138 Things Are Gonna Work out Fine (Bonus Track)
139 Ain't Gwine to Whistle Dixie (Any Mo') (Live)
140 Sweet Mama Janisse (Live)
141 Big Kneed Gal (Live)
142 Tom and Sally Drake (Live)
143 John, Ain't It Hard (Live)
144 Happy Just to Be Like I Am
145 Stealin’
146 Cajun Tune
147 Give Your Woman What She Wants (From the Motion Picture "The April Fools")
148 Oh Baby, Why Do You Wanna Make It Fat
149 I Got a Little
150 Candy Man
151 11th Street Overcrossing
152 Last Fair Deal Gone Down
153 The Girl with Green Eyes
154 Sunny's Dream
155 Spanish Lace Blues
156 Flyin' so High
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