Billy & The Kids ft. Carlos Santana, Billy Strings - "Scarlett Begonias" & "Iko "Iko" (2021)
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During the tail end of sporadic lockdown days in Australia, I came across this beauty. Carlos and Billy Strings are jamming along with the rest of Billy K’s band. RIP James Casey on sax. The guitar solos between 8 and 9 minutes of this clip are just a part of this magical session.
As I said when I first saw it, it made me laugh and cry at the same time.
Streamed live on May 10, 2021
Scarlet Begonias
As I was walking round Grosvenor Square
Not a chill to the winter but a nip to the air
From the other direction she was calling my eye
It could be an illusion, but I might as well try
Might as well try
She had rings on her fingers and bells on her shoes
And I knew without asking she was into the blues
She wore scarlet begonias, tucked into her curls
I knew right away she was not like other girls
Other girls
In the thick of the evening when the dealing got rough
She was too pat to open and too cool to bluff
As I picked up my matches and was closing the door
I had one of those flashes I had been there before
Been there before
Well I ain’t often right but I’ve never been wrong
It seldom turns out the way it does in the song
Once in a while you get shown the light
In the strangest of places if you look at it right
Well there ain’t nothing wrong with the way she moves
Scarlet begonias or a touch of the blues
And there’s nothing wrong with the look that’s in her eyes
I had to learn the hard way to let her pass by
Let her pass by
The wind in the willows playing Tea for Two
The sky was yellow and the sun was blue
Strangers stopping strangers just to shake their hand
Everybody is playing in the heart of gold band
Heart of gold band
Songwriters-Robert Hunter/Jerry Garcia
Iko-Iko (AKA Jockamo (Iko-Iko)
My grand-ma and your grand-ma were sit-tin’ by the fire.
My grand-ma told your grand-ma: “I’m gon-na set your flag on fire.”
Talk-in’ ‘bout, Hey now ! Hey now ! I-ko, I-ko, un-day
Jock-a-mo fee-no ai na-né, jock-a-mo fee na-né
Look at my king all dressed in red I-ko, I-ko, un-day.
I bet-cha five dol-lars he’ll kill you dead, jock-a-mo fee na-né
Talk-in’ ‘bout, Hey now ! Hey now ! I-ko, I-ko, un-day
Jock-a-mo fee-no ai na-né, jock-a-mo fee na-né
My flag boy and your flag boy were
Sit-tin’ by the fire. - My flag boy told
Your flag boy: “I’m gon-na set your flag on fire.”
Talk-in’ ‘bout, Hey now ! Hey now ! I-KO, I-KO, un-day
Jock-a-mo fee-no ai na-né, jock-a-mo fee na-né
See that guy all dressed in green? I-KO, I-KO, un-day.
He’s not a man, he’s a lov-in’ ma-chine
Jock-a mo fee na-né
Talk-in’ ‘bout, hey now! Hey now! I-ko, I-ko, un-day
Jock-a-mo fee-no ai na-né, jock-a-mo fee na-né
Songwriter-Larry Williams