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BOB WILLS MUSIC *** I found this info on the Western Swing Discussion Group" and it is about some lines/shouts from Bob like: The mule and the grasshopper eating ice cream. The mule got sick and they laid him on the beam. That was just a fun saying by Bob and he knew what he was talking about. The beam was the part of the plow to which the mule was hitched. It was usually a piece of heavy iron that was bow shaped with the plow attached underneath the beam. The mule pulled the plow by being hooked to the beam by a single tree or a double tree if two mules were hitched to the plow. That was just a fun saying by Bob that when the mule got sick he simply laid down on the job.
Plowing my corn with a double shovel - the shovel was simply a plow what has two small beams to which a small plow was bolted to each beam, some folks did refer to them as a shovel.
In another of Bob´s songs he said: don´t go down to chop he cotton without bringing your file. The file was used to sharpen the hoe after using it for a while in the field. Another of his comments mentioned a nine ft. cotton sack. The cotton picker when picking cotton by hand would put the strap of the sack around his neck and shoulder and drag it down the row of cotton. In fact one of his songs mentioned My back would nearly break from pulling that weight.

PRESTO TRANSCRIPTIONS
Between january and march 1949 began the "Presto Transcriptions" for the Crosley Automobile Company. Very little is known about this transaction because there are no existing records or documents of any kind. The personnel were. Bob Wills-vocal, fiddle; Jesse Ashlock-vocal, fiddle; Eldon Shamblin-electric guitar, vocal; Tiny Moore-mandolin; Alex Brashear-trumpet; Mansel Tierney-piano; Luke Wills-bass fiddle; Billy Jack Wills-drums; Bill Choates-rhythm guitar and Carl Luper-vocals.
These rare items can today be found on the CATTLE RECORDS in Germany.