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Ain't
That Lovin' You Baby (Version 1)
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by Jimmy
Reed
recording of 1955
from The
Best of Jimmy Reed (GNP
GNPD-2-10006), copyright
notice
Know I love ya babe?
Know I love ya babe?
Know I love ya babe?
But you don't even know my name
Let me tell ya baby
I'll tell ya what I would do
I would rob, steal, kill somebody
Just ta get back home ta you
Ain't that lovin' ya, baby?
Ain't that lovin' ya, babe?
Ain't that lovin' ya, babe?
But you don't even know my name
Let me tell ya baby
Don't sound like it's true
They could drop me in the ocean
I'd swim to the bank
An' crawl home ta you
Ain't that lovin' ya baby?
Ain't that lovin' ya babe?
Ain't that lovin' ya baby?
But you don't even know my name
They may kill me baby, bury me like they do
My body might lie but my spirit gonna rise
And come home to you
Ain't that lovin' ya baby?
Ain't that lovin' ya babe?
Ain't that lovin' ya baby?
But you don't even know my name
Top
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Ain't
That Lovin' You Baby (version 2)
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soundclip
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by Jimmy
Reed
recording of 1961 resp. 1985
from Jimmy
Reed at Carnegie Hall (Suite Beat
3001) & Upside
Your Head (Charly 1003),
copyright
notice
Know I love you baby
Know I love you, baby,
Know I love you, baby
But you don't even know my name
Let me tell you baby, tell you what I'm gon' do
I would rob, steal, kill somebody just to get back home to
you
Ain't that lovin' you baby?
Ain't that lovin' you baby?
Ain't that lovin' you baby?
But you don't even know my name
Let me tell you, baby, don't sound like it's true
You could drop me in the ocean,
I'd swim to the bank, and crawl right home to you
Ain't that lovin' you baby?
Ain't that lovin' you baby?
Ain't that lovin' you baby?
They may kill me, baby, baby, just like they do
My body gonna lie but my spirit gonna rise and come back
home to you
Ain't that lovin' you baby?
Ain't that lovin' you baby?
Ain't that lovin' you baby?
Top
by Jimmy
Reed / Ewart
Abner
recording of 1959
from Rockin'
with Reed (Charly 285),
copyright
notice
Need me a string darlin', honey tied all around your
heart
A-yeah, need me a string baby, girl, tied all around your
heart
Well, then I'll know darlin', I tell ya that we would never
part
Stop cryin' baby, honey come here and dry your eyes
I want you to stop cryin' baby, girl, come here and dry your
eyes
Well, it's the reason I know you're back, a-honey it hurts
way down deep inside
I'm goin' crazy, a-just as crazy as I can be
I'm goin' crazy, just as crazy as I can be
Well, I know what's drivin' me crazy darlin', a-honey you so
sweet to me
Top
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Aw
Shucks, Hush Your Mouth (version 1)
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soundclip
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by Jimmy
Reed
recording of 1964
from The
Best of Jimmy Reed (GNP
GNPD-2-10006), copyright
notice
Aw shucks, hush your mouth, baby you knockin' me out
I said, shucks, a-hush your mouth, baby you knockin' me
out
You my kind a woman, you know what it's all about
When ya say, the sweet things, they ring all in my head
Yeah, when ya say, the sweet thing, they ring all in my
head
You've got me on the run, an' honey I can't leave you
Hush hush, shut your mouth, baby you knockin' me out
Oh, hush hush, shut your mouth, baby you knockin' me out
All the good in me, you know you bringin' it out, oh
Top
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Aw
Shucks, Hush Your Mouth (version 2)
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soundclip
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by Jimmy
Reed
recording of 1961 resp. 1985
from Jimmy
Reed at Carnegie Hall (Suite Beat
3001) & Upside
Your Head (Charly 1003),
copyright
notice
Shucks, hush your mouth, baby you knockin' me out
Hush, hush, shut your mouth, baby, you knockin' me out
You my kind of woman, you know what's it's all about
When you say sweet things, [it] ring all in my
head
You got me on the run, and honey I can't stay up
Shucks, hush your mouth, baby you knockin' me out
Hush, hush, shut your mouth; baby, you knockin' me out
All the good in me, baby, you know you bringin' it out
Top
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Baby,
What's On Your Mind
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by Jimmy
Reed / Ewart
Abner
recording of 1957
from Rockin'
with Reed (Charly 285),
copyright
notice
Tell me baby, a-tell me what's on your mind
Yeah, tell me baby, tell me what's on your mind
Well, now I settled down, thinkin' about cha' baby, no
honey, I just can't keep from cryin'
I got a nickel babe, honey, I wish that I had a dime
Yeah, I got a nickel, girl, I wish I had a dime
Yeah, I'd call up the operator and tell her give me your
private line
I feel so bad, baby, livin' downtown all alone
Yeah, feel bad babe, honey settlin' down all alone
Well, now I can't help but ta wish darlin'-a, that I had my
baby home
Top
by Jimmy
Reed
recording of 1961
from The
Best of Jimmy Reed (GNP
GNPD-2-10006), copyright
notice
Hey baby, honey, what's wrong with you?
Oh baby, honey, what's wrong with you?
Well now ya don't treat me darlin', like you used to do
Well now ya got me runnin' baby
Got me hidin', too
Tell me, tell me, baby, but
What we gonna do?
Oh oh baby, honey, what's wrong with you?
Well now you don't treat me, baby
Like you used to do
Well, I can't help it baby
'Cause I'm feelin' strange
I'm just hopin' baby
I don't go insane
Oh oh, baby, honey, what's wrong with you?
Well now you don't treat me baby
Like you used to do
Top
by Jimmy
Reed
recording of 1961 resp. 1985
from Jimmy
Reed at Carnegie Hall (Suite Beat
3001) & Upside
Your Head (Charly 1003),
copyright
notice
You got me runnin', you got me hidin'
You got me run, hide, hide, run, any way you wanna let it
roll
Yeah, yeah, yeah, you got me doin' what you want me to, baby
why ya' wanna let go
I'm goin' up, I'm goin' down
I'm goin' up, down, down, up, any way you wanna let it
roll
Yeah, yeah, yeah, you got me doin' what you want me to, baby
why ya' wanna let go
You got me peepin', you got me hidin'
You got me peep, hide, hide, peep, any way you wanna let it
roll,
Yeah, yeah, yeah, you got me doin' what you want me to, baby
why ya' wanna let go
Top
by Al
Smith / Willie
Dixon
recording of March 29 1960, Chicago, Illinois
from The Vee-Jay Years (Charly CD Red Box 9),
copyright
notice
Big boss man, can‘t you hear me when I call
Big boss man, can‘t you hear me when I call
Well, you ain‘t so big, you‘re just tall,
that‘s all
Got me working, boss man, working 'round the clock
I want me a drink of water, but you won't let Jimmy stop
Big boss man, can't you hear me when I call?
Well, you ain't so big, you just tall, that's all
Well, I‘m gonna get me a bossman, one gonna treat me
right
Work hard in the day time, rest easy at night
Big boss man, can‘t you hear me when I call?
Well, you ain‘t so big, you‘re just tall,
that‘s all
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Note: first issued as Vee-Jay 380.
Top
by Al
Smith
recording of 19
from Cry
Before I Go (Drive Archive
41072), copyright
notice
Big leg woman, what you tryin' to do to me?
Big leg woman, what you tryin' to do to me?
Takin' all my money, honey, leave me nothin' but misery
Breakin' hearts you should be rulin', makin' a play thing
out of love
Breakin' hearts you should be rulin', makin' a play thing
out of love
I wonder who'll be your next ticket, baby? Thought you the
one I'm thinkin' of
I'll swim a river for ya baby, if you take me back again
I'll swim a river for ya baby, if you take me back again
I pay the price or suffer twice, baby, 'cause your heart is
just like ice
(Spoken:
Really sounds good, man
Playin' that sounds good together!
AH-HA-HA-HA!!!
You know, it's got to sound good, when I pay the price and
suffer twice!
If this woman just takes me back again, you know!)
Top
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Bright
Lights, Big City (version 1)
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soundclip
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by Jimmy
Reed
recording of 1961
from The
Best of Jimmy Reed (GNP
GNPD-2-10006), copyright
notice
(First line spoken by Jimmy Reed)
"Bright light n' big city"
Sung:
Bright light, big city, gone to my baby's head
Whoa, bright light, an'big city, gone to my baby's head
I tried to tell the woman, but she don't believe a word I
said
It's all right, pretty baby, (gonna) need my help
someday
Whoa, it's all right, pretty baby, gonna need my help
someday
Ya' gonna wish you had a-listened, to some a-those things I
said
Go ahead, pretty baby, a-honey, knock yourself out
Oh go ahead, pretty baby, honey, knock yourself out
I still love ya baby, 'cause you don't know what it's all
about
Bright light, a big city, they went to my baby's head
Oh, the bright light, the big city, they went to my baby's
head
I hope you remember, a-some of those things I said
Top
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Bright
Lights, Big City (version 2)
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soundclip
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by Jimmy
Reed
recording of 1961 resp. 1985
from Jimmy
Reed at Carnegie Hall (Suite Beat
3001) & Upside
Your Head (Charly 1003),
copyright
notice
Bright lights, big city, gone to my baby's head
Oh, bright lights, big city, gone to my baby's head
I tried to tell that woman, but she don't believe a word I
said
Hold on, pretty baby, you gonna need my help someday
You're gonna wish you had'da listened to some of those
things I said
Go 'head, pretty baby, honey, knock yourself out
I still love you, baby, but you don't know what it's all
about
Oh, bright lights, big city, gone to my baby's head
I tried to tell that woman, but she don't believe a word I
said
Top
by Al
Smith
recording of 19
from Cry
Before I Go (Drive Archive
41072), copyright
notice
I can't stand ta' leave ya, baby, you'll break my heart if
you go
I can't stand ta' leave ya, baby, you'll break my heart if
you go
I know you got-a thing goin' on, down at the corner grocery
store
When I left you this mornin', you didn't have a lousy
dime
When I left you this mornin', baby, you didn't have a lousy
dime
When I got back, baby, ya had your favorite bottle
a-wine
I forgive you, baby, for ev'rything you said an' done
I forgive you, baby, for ev'rything you said an' done
Ya better forget the grocery store, baby, and find yourself
another run
Top
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Can't
Stand To See You Go
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by Jimmy
Reed
recording of 1956
from I'm
Jimmy Reed (Collectables 7108 or Charly
282), copyright
notice
(Ha, ha, ha, ha)
Pick me up in the mo' nin'
Honey, just to let me know, oh
Baby, girl in the evenin'
Way upon the fifteen floor
Girl, you know I love you an' I
Can't stand to see ya go
Remember on the first day I met you
Remember ev'rything you said
Oh, baby, told me you love me
That went ta my head
Oh you know I love you and I
Can't stand to see you go
I backed up, to the window
I looked down on the ground
Oh baby, don't say you're leavin'
If you do I'm gonna jump down
Oh I know I love you
An' I can't stand to see you go
Hurry baby, if ya leavin'
Call me on the phone, woo
Oh baby, ooh I'm waitin'
I'm livin' here all alone
Girl you know I love you and I
Can't stand to see you go
Top
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Caress
Me Baby (version 1)
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by Jimmy
Reed / Ewart
Abner
recording of 1958
from Rockin'
with Reed (Charly 285),
copyright
notice
Caress me baby, like the wind caress the trees
Caress me baby, like the wind caress the trees
I want cha' to love, love me baby, like a soft, soft summer
breeze
Strollin' by the river on a real moonlighted night
Strollin' by the river on a real moonlighted night
I love you, you love me baby, er'ything gonna be alright
Top
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Caress
Me Baby (version 2)
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by Jimmy
Reed
recording of 19
from, copyright
notice
Caress me baby, like the wind caress the trees
Caress me baby, like the wind caress the trees
I want you to love, love me baby, like a soft, soft summer
breeze
Down by the river, on a real moonlighted night
Down by the river, on a real moonlighted night
I want to love, love you baby, everything will be all
right
Top
by Gertrude
"Ma" Rainey
recording of 19
from The
Best Of The Blues (Collectables
7118), copyright
notice
Yes, C.C. Rider, see what you done, done
No, C.C. Rider, see what you done, done
You have made me love you, now your man done come
I'm gonna buy me a pistol, honey, long as I am tall
Lord, I'm gonna buy me a pistol, just as long as I'm
tall
I'm gonna shoot that man and just look at him fall
C.C. Rider, where did you stay last night?
Oh-ho, C.C. Rider, where did you stay last night?
Yeah, your shoes ain't laced, your clothes ain't fittin' you
right
Top
by Pete
Johnson / Big
Joe Turner
recording of 19
from The
Best Of The Blues (Collectables
7118), copyright
notice
Run here, pretty baby, honey sit down on your daddy's
knee
I wanna tell ev'rybody how, you've been sendin' me
A honey now, that's your secret, better it, better ya keep
it to yourself
Honey if you tell me baby, I might tell somebody else
I ain't, never loved, and I hoped that I, I never will
'Cause a lovin' proposition baby, might get someone
killed
You can lead me, pretty baby, 'cause you know I can be
lead
I want ya to squeeze me baby 'til my, face turns cherry
red
Top
by Al
Smith
recording of 19
from Cry
Before I Go (Drive Archive
41072), copyright
notice
I wanna climb down your chimney, baby, I wanna put a present
on your tree
I'm gonna climb down your chimney, baby, I'm gonna put a
present on your tree
I wanna show the whole world, baby, oh, what you mean-a
me
I think about you baby, honey, on ev'ry holiday
Know that I think about you baby, honey on ev'ry holiday
I'd make Christmas come twice a year, darlin'
If I only had my way
(I have mine)
I wanna be your Santa Claus, baby, if it's the last thing
I'll be
I wanna be your Santa Claus, baby, if it's the last thing
I'll be
Hang a present on your tree, darlin', show you what you
mean-a me
(I hear ya, Jimmy)
Top
by Jimmy
Reed
recording of 1955
from Classic
Recordings (Tomato 71660),
copyright
notice
Come on, tell me what you're gonna do
Come on, tell me what you're gonna do
All the people wanna know, what's the matter with me
an'you
I can't sleep, I can't eat,
Doctor done told me, stay off-a my feet
Come on, tell me what you gonna do
All the people wanna know, what's the matter with me an'
you
Baby, baby, baby, run it all back home to me
Baby, baby, baby, run it all back home to me
Now that my heart is achin', an' I'm in misery
Top
by Jimmy
Reed
recording of 19
from Jimmy
Reed Is Back (Collectables 5436),
copyright
notice
I'm crazy about Oklahoma, Texas so doggone big
Honey, I'm crazy about Oklahoma, you know Texas so doggone
big
Oklahoma got the oil, baby, Texas got the money to buy it
with
The girl legs so big, they look like Willie Mays1
baseball bat
Honey, your legs so big, Lord have mercy, they look like
Willie Mays baseball bat
They got some long, tall ones down there an' man they really
know where it's at
Here ya have money, treat you right, if you messed up man,
ya know you sure got a fight
I'm crazy 'bout a Oklahoma, honey, Texas, so doggone big
You know Oklahoma got the oil baby, Texas got the money to
buy it with
I hear ya man
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Note 1: Willie Mays, baseball player from the 50's. For more
info see
these links.
Top
by Al
Smith
recording of 19
from Cry
Before I Go (Drive Archive
41072), copyright
notice
If you gotta cry, baby, little girl, cry before I go
You gotta cry, baby, little girl, cry before I go
There ain't nothin' you can say, a-make me stay another
day
Your my lovin', whoa, I was so green
I gave ya all of my lovin', whoa, I was so green
Well, now I know the score, Jimmy Reed, got to split the
scene
Watch you cryin', baby, give me a reason I shouldn't go
Watch you cry, baby, give me a reason I shouldn't go
If it makes any sense to me, baby, I'll come walkin' back in
that door
Top
by Al
Smith
recording of 19
from Cry
Before I Go (Drive Archive
41072), copyright
notice
Don't know why ya look so good ta me
I don't know why ya look so good ta me
You, I want an' you won't even look at me
I see ya ev'ryday and you just pass me by
I see ya ev'ryday and you just pass me by
It's you I want, I wanna hang my head an' cry
Cryin' so bad, has got me goin' blind
Cryin' so bad, has got me goin' blind
You know I love you, baby, so come on an' change your
mind
(I hear ya' boy)
Top
by Al
Smith
recording of 1969
from Down
In Virginia (Bluesway LP
BLS-6024), copyright
notice
Don't light my fire, baby, if you don't wanna put out my
flame
Don't light my fire, baby, if you ain't gon' put out my
flame
I can't stand to be disappointed honey, honey, why's you
playin' these funny game?
If you light my fire, baby, pull down the windows and lock
the door
If you're gonna light my fire, baby, pull down the window
and lock all the door
Put your white rug on the floor, honey, turn the juke box
way down low
Is you gonna light my fire, baby? I wanna hear your heart
beat when you call my name
Is you gonna light my fire, baby? Honey, I wanna hear your
heart beat when you call my name
'Cause I'm gonna put the whammy on you girl, honey, when you
try to put out Jimmy's flame
Top
by Jimmy
Reed
recording of 1962, Chicago, Illinois
from Jimmy Reed (Archive Of Folk And Jazz 234),
copyright
notice
Down in Mississippi where cotton grow tall,
get arrested for trouble you got to call the hound dog
Oh uh, down in Mississippi, whoa yeah, where the cotton grow
tall
Yes, and on the other hand, baby, boll weevil wearing
overalls1
Go to work in the morning, you know, 'bout 4 o'clock
Uh, if the mule don't holler, yeah, I don't know when to
stop
Down in Mississippi, baby, uh whoa yeah, where the cotton
grow tall
Well, and on the other hand, baby, boll weevil wearing
overalls
I go to church in the morning, baby, you know, down the
railroad track
Late over in the evening2 they bring, bring the
preacher back
He eat up all the chicken now but uh right to the neck
Look over at my baby and he eat up all the rest 'cause he
was uh down in Mississippi
Uh oh yeah, where the cotton grow tall
Well now, and on the other hand, baby, boll weevil wearing
overalls
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Note: originally issued as Vee-Jay 616
Note 1: boll weevil wearing overalls, personification of the
cotton pest. The bo or boll weevil or weavil is a grayish
weevil, super-family of beetles, that infests the cotton
plant and feeds on the squares and bolls. drawing;
Note 2: Late over in the evening, around 5 p.m.
Top
by Jimmy
Reed
recording of 1985
from Down
In Virginia (Bluesway LP
BLS-6024) & Upside
Your Head (Charly 1003),
copyright
notice
I went down in Virginia, honey, where the green grass
grows
I tried to tell myself, you didn't want me no more
I told my baby, "Honey, stop doin' me wrong!
Why don't you pack your clothes, and bring your fine self
home?"
Shut up, girl, you know you doing me wrong
You know I'm so tired, baby, tired of being alone
Shut up, girl, you know you doin' me wrong!
Why don't you pack your things, and bring your fine self
home?
I went down in Virginia, honey, where the green grass
grows
Top
by Eddie
Boyd
recording of 1963
from The
Best Of The Blues (Collectables
7118), copyright
notice
If you've ever been mistreated, you know what I'm talkin'
about
If you ever been mistreated, you know what I'm talkin'
about
I worked five long years for one woman and the she had the
nerve to put me out
Got a job in a steel mill, shuckin' steel like a slave
Five long years, ev'ry Friday, I went straight home with my
pay
I've been mistreated, ah, you know what I'm talkin'
about
I worked five long years on one woman, now she has the nerve
to put me out
I finally learned a lesson a long, long time ago
Next woman I marry she's gotta, work an' bring me some
dough
'Cause I've, I've been mistreated, you know what I'm talkin'
about
I worked five long years for one woman, now she got the
nerve to put me out
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Note: Vee-Jay 1072, released in 1963.
Top
by Jimmy
Reed
recording of 1960
from The
Best of Jimmy Reed (GNP
GNPD-2-10006), copyright
notice
I found true love, one worth waitin' for
I found true love, one worth waitin' for
I'm gonna sign it to a contract, you won't find one little
flaw
It's hard to believe the condition the world is in
It's hard to believe the condition the world is in
You can't trust nobody and girl you know it's a sin
I found true love, one worth me waitin' for
I found true love, one worth me waitin' for
And I'll sign it to a contract, you won't find one little
flaw
Top
by Jimmy
Reed
recording of 1964
from Jimmy Reed At Soul City (Vee Jay 1095),
copyright
notice
Ain't no need of sitting down thinking, baby, 'bout some of
the things run 'cross my mind
I was sitting down thinking, baby, 'bout some of the things
run 'cross my mind
Ain't no need to go fishing, baby, honey when you only take
a line
I went fishing one day, baby, take a line and no pole
When I thought about it, baby, it was a very sorry soul
Yeah, then just sitting here thinking, some of the things
run 'cross my mind
Ain't no need to go fishing, darling, when you only take a
line
Know they say the fish was biting, baby, didn't even need a
hook
When I got out there, baby, all I got was a dirty look
Then I'm sitting down thinking, some of the things run
'cross my mind
Ain't no need to go fishing, darling, when you only take a
line
Top
by Jimmy
Reed
recording of 1985
from Upside
Your Head (Charly 1003),
copyright
notice
Yes, yes, yes, better believe what I said
If you don't straighten up, baby, honey,
I'm going upside your head
Yeah, you went out last night, and the night before
Tell you right now, baby, ain't gonna take it no more
Yes, yes, yes, better believe what I said
You think you so smart, babe, the mens all call you fine
You better have them to know, you mine, mine mine
Yes, yes, yes, better believe what I said
Bought you a ...1 fo' 99.99,
Now you wanna mistreat me, baby, and [take on?] all
the time
Yes, yes, yes, better believe what I said
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Note 1: text unknown.
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