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Track: Roosevelt and Ira Lee - Night of the Mossacin
Artist: Tony Joe White
Album: Continued

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Name: Tony Joe White
Spotify Genres: blues, blues rock
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American swamp rock singer, songwriter and guitarist. He was born July 23, 1943 in Oak Grove, Louisiana and died October 24, 2018 in Leiper's Fork, Tennessee. Best known for his song 'Polk Salad Annie' which peaked at #8 on the Billboard chart, and was covered by [a27518]. In 1969 [a310351] recorded his song 'Rainy Night In Georgia', and this version reached #4 on the Billboard chart. In 1989 [a24221] released '[Link]' as a single. Her version peaked at #40 on the US Billboard top 100. It was also a moderate hit across Europe and in Australia and New Zealand. Married to [a772065] 1964 until his death in 2018. Father of [a746249] and [a2227162].

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Release: Tony Joe White - Roosevelt And Ira Lee (Night Of The Mossacin)
Year: 1969
Genres: Rock, Blues
Styles: Blues Rock

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This is about two cats
They're sittin' down by a river in the swamps
They're sittin' down on the logs
One of them is kind of a big fellow
And the other one is a little bit smaller
And he's got a long billed cap
And they're sittin' there ponderin'
On what they're gonna do for the night

And anything the big guy decides
On the little guy's for
'Cause he digs him, he's cool
So it's called Roosevelt and Ira Lee

The river was dark and muddy
And the moon was on the rise
And all of the creatures in the swampland
Had woke up to feed for the night

Roosevelt and Ira Lee, huh, were sittin' there on a log
Ira Lee turned to Roosevelt and said
I'd sure like to have a mess of bull frog
He said, yeah, yeah, lawd, sure would taste good

So they slipped on their rubber boots
And walked down to the water's edge
And right away they knew
That the night would be a bummer

'Cause Ira Lee stepped
On a water mossacin
He said, uh, uh, lawd
Somebody help me

Ira Lee turned to Roosevelt
When he quit his screamin' and kickin'
And he said, let's forget about the bullfrog legs
And go out and steal us some chickens

And Ol' Roosevelt said like this now
Yeah, yeah, ooh, it sure would taste good
Yes it would, I love a chicken
Oh, the river was dark and muddy, yeah