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Poster:	snow_and_rain	Date:	April 06, 2012 06:24:13pm
Forum:	GratefulDead	Subject:	Re: Can you name five GD lyrics containing the phrase 'I went down to...'?

Dupree's

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Poster:	jackhdub	Date:	April 06, 2012 06:33:08pm
Forum:	GratefulDead	Subject:	Re: Can you name five GD lyrics containing the phrase 'I went down to...'?

not quite. Dupree's is: Down to the jewelry store packing a gun,
says "Wrap it up. I think I'll take this one"

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Poster:	Lou Davenport	Date:	April 06, 2012 06:43:35pm
Forum:	GratefulDead	Subject:	Re: Can you name five GD lyrics containing the phrase 'I went down to...'?

Good catch, Jack. But that together with your near-miss on Cumberland further reinforces how often a downward motion appears in their lyric thinking.

EDIT: Plus FOD, as high flow noticed. And Noah Lewis' "Big Railroad Blues" has, "went down to the depot." They ever go up anywhere?

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Poster:	jackhdub	Date:	April 06, 2012 06:42:48pm
Forum:	GratefulDead	Subject:	Re: Can you name five GD lyrics containing the phrase 'I went down to...'?

i hear ya