Little Georgie Baker
(Louis Ortega)

releases:
   
   
   
   

 

original version:
 

original first pressing/release:

 

cd 1488 LOUIE AND THE LOVERS
EVANGELINE ACADIA ACA 8049
RISE
track 12: Little Georgie Baker (3:07)
(Louis Ortega)
2003, United Kingdom, CD (more info)
   
   

 

1997 ORTEGA re-recording:
LOUIE ORTEGA AND THE WILD JALAPEÑOS
WILD JALAPEÑOS MUSIC
IN MY HEART
track 5: Georgie Baker (4:38)
(Louie Ortega)
1997, USA, CD (more info)
   
   
   

 

lyrics:

Little Georgie Baker
(Louie Ortega)

Little Georgie Baker, loved Laura more than he could explain
Laura loved her Georgie, borne his child
But not through wedlock had he come
Georgie loved his baby, loved his child's mother
And that is why little Georgie Baker
Loved Laura more than he could explain

Georgie asked his good friend
Gil Magowe where his Laura might be found
Gil Magowe told Georgie
She's straight for the river with your baby bound
Bound for that river, river where Laura and Georgie loved
Georgie's pace did hasten
As he thought of his love Laura with his son

Run Georgie, run Georgie down by the banks of the river
Your Laura cries, you don't understand
Run Georgie, run Georgie down by the banks of the river
Your Laura cries, you don't understand

Little Georgie Baker, loved Laura more than he could explain
laura loved her Georgie, borne his child
But not through wedlock had he come
Goergie loved his baby, loved his child's mother
And that is why little Georgie Baker
Loved Laura more than he could explain

Run Georgie, run Georgie down by the banks of the river
Your Laura cries, you don't understand
Run Georgie, run Georgie down by the banks of the river
Your Laura cries, you don't understand

You don't understand
You don't understand
You don't understand

 

live versions by Doug Sahm:
1983-05-03 SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET - Denmark - Copenhagen - Vognporten  
1983-05-13 SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET - Sweden - Stockholm - The Ritz    
1983-05-21 SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET - Sweden - Lund - Alma Fater   
1983-05-26 SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET - France - Paris - Phil'One      
1983-05-27 SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET - Netherlands - Amsterdam - Melkweg      
1983-05-28 SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET - Netherlands - Apeldoorn - De Gigant
1983-05-29 SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET - Belgium - Borgerhout - Hof ter Lo
1983-05-31 SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET - Netherlands - Rotterdam - Parkzicht
1983-06-02 SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET - United Kingdom - London - Dingwalls  
1984-07-27 SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET - USA - Austin, TX - Liberty Lunch   
1985-06-01 SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET - Germany - Tübingen - Mensa II Morgenstelle      
1985-06-07 SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET - Netherlands - Leeuwarden - Zalen Schaaf       
1985-06-18 SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET - Norway - Balestrand - Kvikne's Hotel      
1985-06-20 SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET - Norway - Bergen - Oleana   
1989-09-29 SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET - USA - Lawrence, KS - The Jazzhaus