
But if you choose this option, you should treat the wood with some food grade mineral oil or bees wax. We've had customers pass along this information. Wow your guests with grapes, cheese and wine! Yepp, a dust pan for serving. It makes me want to return to a much simpler time.Īnother purpose for this wooden dust pan is to use as a serving tray. I personally love the pure simplicity of the tin dust pan, even from an art standpoint. It does make that tight seal to the ground giving you the best chance at sweeping up those fines. If you are truly looking for a WORKING dust pan, see our listing for the TIN dust pan. Our mantel looks so pretty with a Whisk (or a bunch of whisks) and this beautiful dust pan. They pair excellent with a handmade Meckley Broom of any kind. Nearly all our customers have wanted these beautiful wood pieces of art and old fashion colonial (Amish) charm as decor rather than to dirty up. You will never be able to collect those sandy fine dirt lines that seem to escape dust pans all the time. See, the wood edge can not be cut razor thin to create a tight-to-the-floor edge like a piece of rubber or a metal pan are able to do. These dust pans do work, however, to be perfectly honest, it's NOT an A+ on effectiveness. It is the same leather used to craft the Amish horses' reins. These beautifully hand crafted dust pans are made of Walnut or Cherry wood and genuine leather.

Poets hate me and insomnia makes me tired.Choose your favorite wood type dust pan. I truly think it's the music first, lyrics second. Some of the greatest songs have no intended meaning other than an insolvable riddle for the listener.
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It should be free to interpret however the individual listener feels because that, in the end, is what truly matters.Ī great song is universal in it's meaning but not always in it's understanding. One thing I've always found important when interpreting music, it really doesn't have to translate to the artist's original idea. Michael Douglas had a very hard time dusting his broom in Fatal Attraction. Some never dust their brooms, just sweep the same mess, over and over again. He hates that girl so much now that he's even leaving the bed for her to mess around on.Ĭomplete closure with no chance of reconciliation. That man's serious about what he says, he's kickin' every last little bit of dust and leaving it all behind him. Thanks to Melissa Fazinni for this contribution to the listĮlmore James, Dust My Broom, Robert Johnson, I Believe I'll Dust My Broom Then in the next verse, he's listing her short comings (why he'd want to cut her loose), and in the final verse, coming right out and saying he's going to leave. Or "I'm gonna write her a letter" (a "dear Jane letter"). If you listen to the other words, "I'm quittin' the best gal I'm lovin'. So that "Dust my broom." maybe synonymous with "Shaking her off" or "shaking loose from her. Melissa Fazzina wrote: I was listening to Elmore James the other day and Dust My Broom never seemed to make any sense to me, but I had one of those sudden epiphanies.: it hit me that what he's talking about is probably (IMHO), breaking up with his current girlfriend. Thanks to "T-man" Tilman Michalke for this contribution to the list There might also be a sexual connotation. Johnson is cleaning his room because he is about to move out. "T-man" Tilman Michalke concurs and says: I guess Mr. Note 1: both West Helena and East Monroe are in Arkansas, some 30 miles apart.ġ - probably: (getting ready to ) leave. 'F I can't find her on Philippine's island, she must be in Ethiopia somewhere I'm gonna call up China, see is my good girl over there

I'm gonna call up Chiney, see is my good girl over there

I'm gettin' up in the mornin', I believe I'll dust my broom You can mistreat me here, babe, but you can't when I go homeĪnd I'm gettin' up in the mornin', I believe I'll dust my broom She's a no good doney, they shouldn't allow her on the street I don't want no woman, wants every downtown man she meet If I can't find her in West Helena, she must be in East Monroe I know I'm gon' write a letter, telephone every town I know Girlfriend, the black man you been lovin', girlfriend, can get my room I'm goin' get up in the mornin', I believe I'll dust my broom Recording of 1st of 5 sessions, November 23 1936, San Antonio, Texasįrom The Complete Recordings (CBS 467246 2 & Columbia/Legacy C2K-46222 & Columbia 4622 & Sony 64916), copyright notice
