If the sea was whiskey lyrics

[superbassman2000]

Hi everybody!

Is anyone here a Willie Dixon fan here? well, I am just wondering if anyone has the lyrics to the song "If the Sea was Whiskey" by Willie Dixon's Big Three Trio...

So far I have
If the sea was whiskey
and I was a diving (duck?)
x2
I'd dive to the bottom and I don't when i'd come up

and I don't know the rest...anybody have better ears than I?

[pklima]

Haven't heard the Dixon recording but they may have been playing "I will turn your money green" by Furry Lewis. Here's what I remember, probably mostly from the Pentangle version:

If you stick with me babe I'll turn your money green X2
I'll show you more money than Rockefeller ever seen

I been down so long babe it looks like up to me X2
The woman I love turned hard as a rock in the sea

If the river was whiskey and babe I was a duck X2
I'd go down to the bottom and never would come up

[MAJOR METAL]

Cheers to the life giving water !

[Depth_Charge]

This help you any? Might not be the right one, the Real McKenzies did it...

Whiskey Scotch Whiskey
I need my scotch whiskey
And I’ll drink my scotch whiskey
Until the day I die

Whiskey Scotch Whiskey
I know my scotch Whiskey
And I’ll drink my scotch whiskey
Until the day I die

If the sea were Whiskey
And if I were a duck
I’d swim ta the bottom
and never come up

[SteveC]

do a google search for

If the sea was whiskey lyrics

[superbassman2000]

Originally Posted by SteveC

do a google search for

If the sea was whiskey lyrics

i did that--i didn't get much

i'll try to put up some samples tomarrow

[jerry haussler]

Originally Posted by superbassman2000

i did that--i didn't get much

i'll try to put up some samples tomarrow

i first heard this as Diving Duck Blues by Taj Mahal probably in the late 60s. ultimately i would hear others sing it, either something similar to Taj's version or just the one verse in another song altogether. Google Diving Duck Blues. there's a Youtube clip of Taj doing it. lyrics of one "writer" or another shouldn't be too far behind.
HTH
cheers
jerry
hung like Einstein with the brains of a horse

[palhaiscordeiro]

Hello!
I've been trying to take the lyrics... Here's what I have so far:

If the sea was whiskey
and I was a diving duck
If the sea was whiskey
and I was a diving duck

I'd dive to the bottom
Don't know when I'd come up
I'm just here wanderin'
(?)
Just here wanderin'
(?)
If things don't get no better
Down the road i'll go

Whiskey and beer
They're gonna make me drunk
Whiskey and beer
They're gonna make me drunk
I believe these blues gonna make me pack my trunk.


Anyway, this is what I have. There are 2 lines i can't get. Hope it helps, and if anyone knows those 2 , please help me...
You can e-mail me at: palhaiscordeiro@sapo.pt

[superbassman2000]

thanks for the help!

it sounds like they are saying
"I'm just here wandrin' with a matchbox over my clothes"