Johannes Schult

This is (going to be) the opener of my solo album “Heteroscedasticity”. It’s basically a drinking song. I came up with the music first while I was toying around with the signature chords of “End of the Line” by the Traveling Wilburys. Before I knew I had a two chord country song. I wrote most of the lyrics on a beautiful day at the Bodanplatz in Konstanz. The recordings took place on the 28th and 29th August 2002, shortly after I had written the song. As you can hear, there’s mainly my keyboard’s auto-accompaniment and a bunch of acoustic guitars. I added some further keyboard tracks (bass and banjo, piano and percussion) and, of course, the vocals.

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Deep down in Texas there’s a pub without a name
It belongs to Harold’s mother, Judy Mary Jane
All those who’ve seen it, oh I’m sure they won’t forget
People spilling alcohol until the floor is wet
And they sing:
Hey, hey, mama, fill my tankard one more time
Hey, hey, mama Judy Mary Jane
Oh, hey, hey, mama, swing your body next to mine
Hey, hey, mama Judy Mary Jane

At night the house is packed, people laugh and sing
Everybody’s getting drunk with whisky scotch and gin
Mike strums the banjo and Harold sings along
Old Dave plays the fiddle and so they sing their song
And it goes:
Hey, hey, mama, fill my tankard one more time
Hey, hey, mama Judy Mary Jane
Oh, hey, hey, mama, swing your body next to mine
Hey, hey, mama Judy Mary Jane

Oh, hey, hey, mama, swing your body next to mine
Hey, hey, mama Judy Mary Jane

And when the morning comes, everybody’s gone
And they won’t be back until the setting of the sun
Then Mary takes a nap and rests her weary head
Thinking of the glorious and joyful times she had
And I sing:
Hey, hey, mama, fill my tankard one more time
Hey, hey, mama Judy Mary Jane
Oh, hey, hey, mama, swing your body next to mine
Hey, hey, mama Judy Mary Jane

(words and music by Johannes Schult)