Freddy Badger | Freddy Badger - Old Rub Alcohol Blues (Dock Boggs) @FreddyBadger | Uploaded March 2021 | Updated October 2024, 4 hours ago.
First recorded in the late 1920s by Dock Boggs; as with many of his songs, it seems to contain both traditional and original verses. Its lyrics and melody place it in the same family of songs as Hustling Gamblers, Darling Corey, Little Maggie, False Hearted Lovers Blues, and a variety of other similar county blues songs.