by the way, read about woody gutheries life, he lived an amazing one. yes, she was crazy, and abused him, but no one can sing like her.įascinating. he loved her and was crushed that she reached the point where she couldnt even recognize him. the speaker is blaming himself somehow (the ugly boy), talking about the beatings he got from his mother (the tree part), yet still drawn to her. The actual town he lived in was called okemah, but you can see the connection. in the book "this land was made for you and me" by elizabeth partridge she quotes woody as saying "she began to gaze out our window and follow her songs out and up and over and away from it all, away over yonder in the minor keys" However, she was woodys introduction to music. she accidently killed one of his sisters by burning her and she badly burned his father. growing up, the disease would cause her erratic and violent behavior. Woodys mom had huntingtons disease and ended up being placed in a mental institution. Taking a biographical approach, i would say this song is about woody gutherie's mother (gutherie being the writer of all mermaid avenue songs)
Saying ain't nobody that can sing like me I've led lots of girls since then to stray Way over yonder where the wind blows free?Īnd there ain't nobody that can sing like me To hear the west wind whistle to the east Elizabeth Partridge is the author of This Land Was Made for You and Me: The Life and Songs of Woody Guthrie, winner of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. But there ain't nobody that can sing like me
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