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by Al
Smith
recording of 19
from Cry
Before I Go (Drive Archive
41072), copyright
notice
Aaaaah
I've got a feelin' baby, good's catchin' up with me
I've got a feelin' baby, that good's catchin' up with me
I lost twenty-five long years, I still have my family
I worked so hard all of these years
Tryin' to bring us happiness, take away these tears
I got a feelin' baby, good is catchin' up with me
I lost twenty-five long years, I still have my family
(I hear ya man)
I'm gonna take it easy, somethin' I can't see
Got to get some money, satisfy me
I got a feelin' baby, good's catchin' up with me
I lost twenty-five long years, still have my family
(I hear ya boss)
Top
by Jimmy
Reed / Ewart
Abner
recording of 1958
from I'm
Jimmy Reed (Collectables 7108 or Charly
282), copyright
notice
I met a little girl, was on her way to school
I met a little girl, she ain't nobody's fool
Well go on baby, don't be nobody's fool
They got ya readin' an' writin', workin' 'rithmetic
I know those teacher's 'bout ta, make ya sick
But go on baby, don't be nobody's fool
I'll see ya in the mornin' on your way to school
Well you know they got ya standin' at the, head of your
class
And the kids don't like it, tryin'-a make ya feel bad
Go on baby, don't be nobody's fool
I'll see ya in the mornin', on your ways to school
Top
by Jimmy
Reed
recording of May 12 1958, Chicago, Illinois
from The Vee-Jay Years (Charly CD Red Box 9),
copyright
notice
I met a little girl who was on her way to school
I met a little girl, she ain‘t nobody‘s fool
Well, go on, baby, don‘t be nobody‘s fool
They got you reading and writing, working arithmetic's
I know those teachers‘ve got to make you sick
But go on, baby, don‘t be nobody‘s fool
I see you in the morning on your way to school
Well, you know they got you standing at the head of your
class,
and the kids don‘t like it, trying to make you feel
bad
Go on, baby, don‘t be nobody‘s fool
I see you in the morning on your way to school
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Note: first issued as Vee-Jay 275.
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by Al
Smith
recording of 19
from Cry
Before I Go (Drive Archive
41072), copyright
notice
Hard workin' Hanna, honey, I heard about yo' game
Hard workin' Hanna, honey, I've heard about yo' game
You know I still need ya', pretty baby, honey, to help me do
my thang
Hard workin' Hanna, honey, please don't be so strong
Hard workin' Hanna, ooh, honey, please don't be so
strong
Honey, let Jimmy down easy, 'cause I know you're gonna do me
wrong
Top
by Jimmy
Reed / James
Bracken
recording of 19
from The
Best of Jimmy Reed (GNP
GNPD-2-10006), copyright
notice
High and lonesome, be on your merry way
High and lonesome, be on your merry way
Well now, you're back a-wanting me and I'm not gonna let you
stay
Well now, ya went 'round the corner, now
Come back soon
Still gonna meet me you just, waitin' 'til noon
I'm high and lonesome
Be on your merry way
Well now, you packed up, want to leave me
And I'm not gonna let you stay
Well now, tell me, tell me baby, now now
What's wrong with you?
Don't treat me darlin', like you, like you used to do
I'm high and lonesome
Be on your merry way
Well now, you're packed up want to leave me
And I'm not gonna let you stay
Top
by Jimmy
Reed / Ewart
Abner
recording of 1957
from The
Best of Jimmy Reed (GNP
GNPD-2-10006), copyright
notice
Don't cha know that I love you?
Honest I do
I'd never placed, no one above you
Please tell me you love me
Stop drivin' me mad
You the sweetest little woman
That I ever had
I told ya I love you
Stop drivin' me mad
When I woke up this mo'nin'
I never felt so bad
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
Don't you know that I love you?
Don't you know that I love you?
Honest I do, I'd never place no one above you
Please tell me you love me, quit driving me mad
Please tell me you love me, quit driving me mad
You the best little woman, that I ever had
I told you I love you, stop driving me mad
I told you I love you, stop driving me mad
When I woke up this morning, I never felt so bad
Top
by Jimmy
Reed
recording of 1956
from I'm
Jimmy Reed (Collectables 7108 or Charly
282), copyright
notice
You look like your high and lonesome
I believe ya wanna rollin' drummer
A'fore ya do somethin' smart
A let's go boogyin' in the dark
You got me you know
A honey don't cha let me go
Told you once before
You don't know how to go
Before you do somethin' smart
Let's go boogyin' in the dark
You got me you know
A honey don't you let me go
Said it and I don't mean maybe
Ain't that lovin' you baby?
Honey, 'fore you get in a speed
Let's go rockin' with Reed
You got me you know
A honey don't cha let me go
Top
by Jimmy
Reed
recording of 1957
from Rockin'
with Reed (Charly 285),
copyright
notice
See the woman walkin' down the street?
Upsettin' everybody she meet
Then she stopped up on the corner
Talk with everybody she wanna
She fine, woo-hoo-hoo, she fine
You fine pretty baby
Girl, you the one for me
I said, "Baby, honey, where you goin'?"
She said, "Darlin' I wouldn't be knowin' "
She had a long evenin' fox
Stopped in the street n' did the Castle Rock1
She fine, woo-hoo-hoo, she fine
You fine pretty baby
Girl, you the one for me
Gonna tell ya what I'm thinkin' of
There isn't anything that's greater than love
She looked at me than she gave me a smile
She shooked her head, man, she winked her eye
But you fine, woo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo
You fine
You fine pretty baby
Girl, you the one for me
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Note 1: Castle Rock, may be referring to Jake
Hanna's recording of Castle Rock written by E. Drake, J.
Shirl and A. Sears.
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by Leroy
Carr
recording of 19
from The
Best Of The Blues (Collectables
7118), copyright
notice
How long, how long
Has that ev'nin train been gone?
How long, how long baby, how long?
If I could holler like a mountain jack
I'd go up on a mountain and call my baby back
Ah, how long, how long baby, how long?
If I could holler like a mountain jack
I'd go up on a mountain and call my baby back
Ah, how long, how long baby, how long?
Top
by Jimmy
Reed
recording of 1962
from The
Best of Jimmy Reed (GNP
GNPD-2-10006), copyright
notice
Yeah, yeah, yeah, better believe what I said
Yeah, yeah, yeah, better believe what I said
If you don't straighten' up baby, honey, I'm goin' upside
your head
Yeah, you went out last night, baby
And the night before
Tellin' you right now, baby
I ain't gonna take it no more
You better hear me baby
You better believe what I said
If you don't straighten' up, baby
Honey, I'm goin' upside your head
Think you so smart, baby
Mens all call you fine
You better have them to know, baby
You're mine all mine
You better hear me, baby
Now, believe what I said
Hear me, believe me, baby
'Cause I'm goin' upside your head
I bought you a Coupe baby,
Cost ninety-nine, ninety-nine
Now ya wanna mistreat me, baby
And stay gone all the time
You better hear me, baby
Better believe what I said
If you don't straighten' up baby
Goin' upside your head
Top
by Jimmy
Reed
recording of 19
from Jimmy
Reed Is Back (Collectables 5436),
copyright
notice
I'm leavin', mama cryin' won't make me stay
I'm leavin', your cryin' won't make me stay
You should have thought when you were doin' these things,
one day you would had-a pay
I'm sittin' around cryin', honey, cryin' my heart out
I'm sittin' around here, baby, woman, cryin' my heart
out
Though I'm just a country boy, woman, I don't know what it's
all about
That's why I'm leavin', the cryin' won't make me stay
That's why I'm leavin', woman, the cryin' won't make me
stay
You should have thought when you were doin' these thing, one
day you would had-a pay
Top
by Clarence
Carter
recording of 1955
from The
Best of Jimmy Reed (GNP
GNPD-2-10006), copyright
notice
I got a Eldorado
Cadillac
Wit's a spare tire on the back
I got the charge account at Goldblatt
But I ain't got you
I got a tavern and a package store
Don't matter where I go
You keep the ring in my nose
But I ain't got you
I got a tavern an'a package store
I hit the
numbers, four-forty four
I got a mojo and
don't you know?
I'm all dressed up, no place to go
I got a-women to the right of me
I got a-women to the left of me
I got a-womens all around me
But I ain't got you
I got a-women on the right of me
I got a-women to the left of me
I got a-women all around me
But I ain't got you
But I ain't got you
But I ain't got you
But I ain't got you
Top
by Clarence
Carter
recording of 1985
from Upside
Your Head (Charly 1003),
copyright
notice
I got a Eldorado
Cadillac,
with a spare tire on the back
I got a charge account at Goldblatt
But I ain't got you
I got a closet full of clothes
And no matter where I goes,
you keep a ring in my nose
But I ain't got you
I got a tavern, and a liquor store,
I hit the
numbers, 444
I got a mojo, and
don't you know
I'm all dressed up and no place to go
I got women to the left o' me,
I got women to the right o' me
I got women all around me
But I ain't got you
Top
by Jimmy
Reed
recording of 1955
from Rockin'
with Reed (Charly 285),
copyright
notice
Whoa you know baby, I don't go for that
Whoa you know baby, I don't go for that
I'm gonna pack up girl, an'I'm gone leave you flat
Well, ya leave in the mornin', stay out all day long
Oh, ya leave in the mornin', stay out all day long
Well, tellin' you baby, why don't you come on home
You oughta tell me baby, tell me what ya gonna do
You oughta tell me baby, tell me what ya gonna do
You better take it easy girl, if you don't I'm, through wit'
you
Top
by Jimmy
Reed
recording of 19
from Jimmy
Reed Is Back (Collectables 5436),
copyright
notice
I gotta keep on rollin', like a country wagon wheel
I gotta keep on rollin', just like a country wagon wheel
I gotta find me somebody, that'll help me pay these
bills
You know city life ain't so easy, I'll take country life,
every time
You know city life ain't so easy, I'll take country life
every time
You train your woman like you train your mule1,
all you'll do is take your life
City life ain't so easy, you gotta keep your business
straight
You know city life ain't so easy, honey, got ta keep your
business straight
I'll leave home at seven, baby, then surely come in at
eight
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Note 1: mule, a hybrid between a horse and a donkey, the
offspring of a male donkey and a mare.
Top
by Jimmy
Reed / Ewart
Abner
recording of 1958
from Rockin'
with Reed (Charly 285),
copyright
notice
I know it's wrong, things I do
The way that I, mistreated you
But I know oh-ho, it's a sin
It's a sin
She's stood and watched me
From the side
Oh, she hung her head and cried
But I know whoa-oh, it's a sin
It's a sin
My baby told me
Yes, from the start
She said, "Darlin' you breakin' my heart"
But I know oh oh, it's a sin
It's a sin
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by Jimmy
Reed
recording of 19
from Classic
Recordings (Tomato 71660),
copyright
notice
I wanna be loved, but by only you
I wanna be loved, but by only you
Because I never had a love as true
Your kiss is so sweet, honey your love is light
Your kiss is so sweet, honey your love is light
Come on and love me, honey love me tonight
I wanna be loved, but by only you
I wanna be loved, but by only you
Because I know, I know your love is true
I wanna be loved, but by only you
I wanna be loved, but by only you
Because I never had a love as true
Top
by Jimmy
Reed
recording of 19
from Classic
Recordings (Tomato 71660),
copyright
notice
It's hard to be lonely, feel ev'ryone is down on you
It's hard to be lonely, feel ev'ryone is down on you
And you find out later on, that they care so much for
you
There's no need to worry, one day things'll come your
way
There's no need to worry, one day things'll come your
way
I heard my baby say it so often, where there's a will, there
is a way
I know I was wrong, baby, honey, the way I doubted you
Well, I know I was wrong, honey, girl, the way I doubted
you
Well, if you forgive me, 'give me baby, from now on I'll
listen to you
Top
by
recording of 19
from Jimmy
Reed Is Back (Collectables 5436),
copyright
notice
They call me a country preacher
Jimmy Reed, is my name
Sometime they think I'm the Boss Man
It all mean the same
I'm just a poor country boy
Lookin' for a home to call my own
Sometime the load get so heavy
Just like a dog ain't got no bone
A barman with no sticks
A junkie with no fix
A rat ain't got no hole
A poor man lost his soul
I'm just a poor country boy
Tryin' to find myself a home
Well now, I may look like I'm happy
Ev'rything I do is wrong
Top
by
recording of 19
from Jimmy
Reed Is Back (Collectables 5436),
copyright
notice
Just keep your faith, baby, I'll be home one day
Just keep your faith, baby, honey, Jimmy'll be home one
day
I'm not gonna let ya down, baby, don't matter what the
people say
I been ringin' your phone, baby, honey, I can't get you on
the line
I been ringin' your phone, baby, I can't get you on the
line
If ya picked up your receiver, baby, you can hear my cold
heart cryin'
Just keep your faith, baby, honey, I'll be home one day
Just keep your faith, baby, honey, I'll be home one day
And when I do come, baby, you can bet your life I'll come to
stay
Top
by
recording of 19
from Jimmy
Reed Is Back (Collectables 5436),
copyright
notice
I'm a-knockin' at your door, baby, wonderin' why I can't get
in?
I'm knockin' at your door, baby, wonderin' why I can't get
in?
I been knockin' at your door, baby, ever since I don't know
when
Well, I ain't gonna leave, baby, I'm gonna knock, you have
no doubt
Well, I ain't gonna leave, baby, honey, don't you have no
doubt
Honey if, Jimmy Reed, can't get in, ain't nobody comin'
out
The door's unlocked, the chains are down
Real quiet inside, can't hear a sound
If you asleep, everybody would know
You wake up er'ybody, by the way you snore
I know you're listenin', ev'ry word I say
If I can't get in, ain't nobody goin' away
I've been knockin' on the door, baby
Honey, how come I can't get in?
I've been knockin' on your door, baby
Ever since I don't know when
I hear ya man!
Top
by Jimmy
Reed / Ewart
Abner
recording of 1957
from I'm
Jimmy Reed (Collectables 7108 or Charly
282), copyright
notice
A little rain fallin', a little clock keep away the time
A little rain fallin', the little clock keep away the
time
Well now, a little rain keep a-fallin', on this little love
of mine
Little flowers bloomin', the little birds keep a-singin'
tune
The little flowers bloomin', little birds keep-a singin'
tune
I would like to love ya baby, underneath the shinin'
moon
Top
by Jimmy
Reed
recording of 19
from Jimmy
Reed Is Back (Collectables 5436),
copyright
notice
My baby told me, says, "You don't want me no mo' "
My baby told me, says, "You don't want me no mo' "
Well, I'm tellin' you baby and I can't stand to see you
go
But you woke up this mornin',
packed ev'thing an' leave
I'm standin' there shaken,
like a leaf upon a tree
My baby told me,
says, "Ya don't want me no mo' "
Well I'm tellin' you baby
But I can't stand to see you go
You better get a hold to yourself, baby,
hide an'close the door
Before you make your daddy pull,
out his .44
You know you told me,
says you don't want me no mo'
Well I'm tellin' you baby,
that I can't stand to see you go
Top
by Jimmy
Reed / Ewart
Abner
recording of 1960
from Rockin'
with Reed (Charly 285),
copyright
notice
My mother told me, use my bitter seed
My mother told me, you the one I need
And that's why baby, honey, you misery
You've gone from rags to riches, silver to gold
When they made you they throw away the mold
She told me, use my bitter seed
And that's why baby, honey you misery
Baby, baby you the one I need
Baby, baby you just wait an'see
For you pretty baby, I'll swim the deep blue sea
Top
by Jimmy
Reed / Ewart
Abner
recording of 1956
from I'm
Jimmy Reed (Collectables 7108 or Charly
282), copyright
notice
Baby plea, first time I plea to you
Baby plea, first time I plea to you
Darlin', now ya got me so upset, baby, because I don't know
what-a-do
Don't pull no subway, I rather see you pull a train
Don't pull no subway, I rather see you pull a train
You know I love you, love ya baby, girl, ya know it's a
cryin' shame
Feel so bad, baby, feel like my heart's skippin' a beat
Feel so bad, baby, feel like my heart skip a beat
Well now, I'm tellin' you pretty baby, don't you know what
you're doin' to me?
Top
by Casey
Bill Weldon
recording of 19
from The
Best Of The Blues (Collectables
7118), copyright
notice
I'm gonna move, way out on the outskirts of town
I'm gonna move, way out on the outskirts of town
Baby, no I don't want nobody, woooo, always hangin'
'round
You know I'm gonna buy my groceries
And bring 'em home ev'ryday
I'll never stop that grocery boy
And keep him away
That's why I'm gonna move, way out on the outskirts of
town
Well then I won't have nobody
Always hangin' 'round
May seem funny, honey
Funny, funny can be
If we have any children
I want 'em to look all like me
That's why I'm gonna move, way out on the outskirts of
town
Well then I won't have nobody
Always hangin' 'round
Top
by Al
Smith
recording of 19
from Cry
Before I Go (Drive Archive
41072), copyright
notice
Mother had a welfare rent
We lived in a freezin' up house
The only time we saw some meat
Was when we chopped 'em out
Hand me down clothes
Had holes in and out
Now I am a rich man
So happy I could shout
Over the hump, no more bump
Over the hump, no more bump
Now I am a rich man
No more bump for me
I once saw a woman, I thought that I could date
She backed to look at me and asked about my gig
I bought her a sweater, not knowin' what she think
She threw it back at me, now, now I can buy a mink
Over the hump, no more bump
Over the hump, no more bump
Now I am a rich man, no more bump for me
(I hear ya Jimmy)
I was twenty-one, went to buy a beer
The bartender looked at me, an' said "tramp get out-a
here"
I took back my money, wiped the sweat from my face
Now I am so angry, I think I'll buy the place
Over the hump, no more bump
Over the hump, no more bump
Now I am a rich man, there's no more bump for me
(I hear ya fine)
Top
by Pete
Johnson / Big
Joe Turner
recording of 19
from The
Best Of The Blues (Collectables
7118), copyright
notice
Well, I've got a gal who lives upon the hill
Well, I've got a gal who lives upon a hill
Well, the woman tryin' a-quit me but, but baby I love you
still
You got eyes like a diamond, shine like Klondike
gold1
She got eyes like diamond, shine like Klondike gold
Ev'ry time she loves me, she thrills my mellow soul
You so beautiful you got to die someday
Honey, you so beautiful you got to die someday
All I want, a little lovin' just 'fore you pass away
Honey, you so beautiful but you got to die someday
Honey, you so beautiful you got to die someday
Honey, give me little lovin' just 'fore you pass away
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Note 1: Kondike gold, after the 1st goldrush of the 1840's
in California the 2nd goldrush was in the late 1890's in
Alaska. The Klondike was the name of the Alaskan river where
the gold was found.
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