Hej Trine
Selv tak. Efter en lille research kan jeg konstatere nummer er indspillet i adskillige versioner med forskellige kunstnere. Den tidligste version jeg er stødt på er med W.C.Handy og er fra 1915 så det er en gammel sag efterhånden. Her er i øvrigt en alternativ version, kunstneren kender jeg ikke men det lyder som en typisk fællessang på baren
If the River Was Whiskey/The Hesitating Blues.
If the river was whiskey and I was a duck
I'd dive to the bottom and I'd never come up
Oh tell me how long do I have to wait
Oh can I get you now, mustn't hesitate
If the river was whiskey and the branch was wine
You'd see me in swimming just any ole time
I was born in England, raised in France
I bought a suit of clothes and they wouldn't send the pants
I was born in Alabama, raised in Tennesee
If you don't like my peaches then don't shake my tree
I looked down the road just as far as I can see
A man had my woman and the blues had me
I ain't no doctor but the doctor's son
I can do the doctoring till the doctor comes
Got the hesitation stockings got the hesitation shoes
Oh my Lord I got the hesitation blues
I was born in Kingston, raised in Rosendale
I went through a stop sign and they threw me in jail
Louis Armstrong, Hot Tuna og Janis Joplin er blot nogle af mange andre der har lavet en version af nummeret.
-Ole