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by Jimmy
Reed
recording of 1985
from Upside
Your Head (Charly 1003),
copyright
notice
I tried to tell you, baby, but I couldn't make no sense
Now you got me, baby, up against the fence
Ain't that a shame, shame, shame, shame the way you do
Well, it's a shame, shame, shame, shame, shame on you
Well, you walk out in the evening, don't say where you
going
Six o'clock in the morning, you come walking home
Ain't that a shame, shame, shame, shame the way you do
Well, it's a shame, shame, shame, shame, shame on you
Well, I be sitting here waitin', for you to come on home
When I wake up, baby, I'm still all alone
Ain't that a shame, shame, shame, shame the way you do
Well, it's a shame, shame, shame, shame, shame on you
Top
by Jimmy
Reed
recording of 1955
from I'm
Jimmy Reed (Collectables 7108 or Charly
282), copyright
notice
My baby told me, she don't want me no mo'
My baby told me, she don't want me no mo'
Girl, you know I love ya, can't stand to see you go
Well, I taken ya downtown to the department store
Try ta buy ev'rything, sees on the floor
Now you gonna tell me, you don't want me no mo'
Girl, you know I love ya, can't stand ta see you go
I went out last night baby, stayed too late
She said, "You done made yo', last mistake"
She said, "Now there you know, an'I don't want you no
mo'
Girl, you know I love you, can't stand to see you go
Top
by Jimmy
Reed
recording of 19
from Classic
Recordings (Tomato 71660),
copyright
notice
The woman, I love she won't treat me right
Leave in the mo'nin', stay out all night
I gotta shoot her, I gotta shoot her
I got shoot this woman, 'cause she won't treat me right
I give her my money, ev'rything I had
I get back home, find I'm feelin' bad
I gotta shoot her, I gotta shoot her
I gotta shoot that baby, 'cause she won't treat me right
Come on in this house, don't go
I'm gonna shoot you, out of this world
I'm gonna shoot you, I've got to shoot you
I've gotta shoot you woman, 'cause you won't treat me
right
Come here baby, turn your light down low
I'm gonna shoot you, won't nobody know
I've done shot you, I've done shot you
I'm gonna shoot you baby, 'cause you won't treat me
right
Top
by Al
Smith / Louis Smith
recording of 1969
from Down
In Virginia (Bluesway LP
BLS-6024), copyright
notice
Slow walkin' mama, you been makin' a fool of me
Slow walkin' mama, you been makin' a fool out of me
Takin' all of my money, honey, given it to your "used to
be"
No more, honey I can tell ya, no more
No more, Jimmy here to tell you, no more
Got too many horses in your stall, honey, oh yes, somebody
got to go
When it come to your woman, man, man, you don't even have a
friend
When it come down to your woman, I'm here to tell you, you
ain't got a friend
There is nothin' worser than a cacklin' rooster, oh yeah, a
crowin' hen
Top
by W.C. Handy
recording of 19
from The
Best Of The Blues (Collectables
7118), copyright
notice
I hate to see that ev'nin' sun go down
I hate to see that ev'nin' sun go down
'Cause the woman I love man, she done blown this town
If I'm feelin' tomorrow, like I'm feelin' today
If I'm feelin' tomorrow, like I'm feelin' today
I'm gonna pack my bags an' make my get-a-way
St. Louie woman, with her diamond ring
Leads the man around by her apron strings
If it wasn't for powder and that store bought hair
That woman of mine wouldn't have gone nowhere
Nowhere
I've got the St. Louie blues, I'm blue as I can be
That woman of mine got a heart like a rock in the sea
If she'd a been all right she wouldn't have gone so far from
me
Top
by Al
Smith / O.D. Robinson
recording of 1969
from Down
In Virginia (Bluesway LP
BLS-6024), copyright
notice
Sugar sugar mama, I can't believe that you are mine
Sugar sugar mama, I can't believe that you are mine
I start kissin' ya in the mornin' and don't stop 'til in the
evenin' time
I like your big brown eyes and the dimple in your jaw
I like your big brown eyes and the dimple in your jaws
Honey the wig that you wearin', darlin', that's my favorite
joy
Sugar sugar woman, I can't believe that you are mine
Sugar sugar woman, I can't believe that you are mine
When I can't get your sugar baby, honey, Jimmy feel just
like cryin'
Top
by Jimmy
Reed
recording of 1961
from Jimmy
Reed at Carnegie Hall (Suite Beat
3001), copyright
notice
If you leave me, baby, say you won't be back
That would be the end of me, 'cause I'd have a heart
attack
You better get some insurance on me, baby, take out some
insurance on me, baby
'Cause if you ever, ever say goodbye, I'm gonna haul right
off and die
Darlin', how I love you, long as I got breath
If we part, I know sweetheart, it would worry me to
death
You better get some insurance on me, baby, take out some
insurance on me, baby
'Cause if you ever, ever say goodbye, I'm gonna haul right
off and die
Don't get no sick and accident, 'cause I'm healthy as can
be
Now, if ya got any sense, you'd take the hint and get a Penn
Life1, on me
You don't know me, baby, like I know myself,
I couldn't live if you should give your love to someone
else
Better get some insurance on me, baby, take out some
insurance on me, baby
'Cause if you ever, ever say goodbye, I'm gonna haul right
off and die
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Note 1: Penn Life, as in William Penn, was one of those
popular insurance companies in the fifties, when this song
was written. Thanks to Frederick
Liebes for the lyrics correction and additional
info!.
Top
by Verve Allison
recording of 19
from The
Best of Jimmy Reed (GNP
GNPD-2-10006), copyright
notice
C'mon baby, tell me what you puttin' down
C'mon in this house woman, just tell me what you're puttin'
down
Oh then now, I won't have to be run 'round here babe, a with
my face all but a frown
Ya know I love you, an'honey, I'll tell the world I do
You know I love ya baby, and girl I'll tell the world I
do
A well now the only thing is worryin' me baby, I wanna know,
do you love me?
One of these days, baby, you'll find out just how much I
love you
One of these days, baby, you'll find out just how much Jimmy
love you
A then you're gonna have to figure it out for yourself, baby
and tell me what you wanna do
Top
by Memphis Slim
recording of 19
from The
Best Of The Blues (Collectables
7118), copyright
notice
I know my baby, baby sho' gonna jump and shout
Well, I know my baby, baby sho' gonna jump and shout
When the train roll up and I come walkin' out
Hold on baby, I be home someday
Hold on baby, I be home one day
Honey, don't ya let nobody, lead my little girl astray
I've been gone so long, honey, but I'm comin' back
Honey, been gone so long, baby, but I'm comin' back
Honey, been gone so long, 'til I don't know how to act
Bye-bye, I be on my way
Bye-bye
Top
by Jimmy
Reed
recording of 1954, Oakland, California
from California Blues (Kent 9003, Flair 1034),
copyright
notice
Well, I woke up soon one morning, I had the blues all 'round
my bed
Yes, I woke up soon one morning, I had the blues all 'round
my bed
Well, I reached for my baby, and I got these blues
instead
I walked the street late at night till my feet turned
soaking wet
Yes, I walked the street late at night till my feet turned
soaking wet
Well, I asked all my friends, haven't heard talk of my baby
yet
Just wrote a letter back home to the boys, asking them to
please pray for my sins
Yes, I wrote a letter back home to the boys, asking them to
please pray for my sins
Well, I'm headed down toward the ocean, I believe that this
is the end
Top
by Jimmy
Reed / Ewart
Abner
recording of 1960
from Rockin'
with Reed (Charly 285),
copyright
notice
The moon is risin'
This time goin' down
I feel kinda lonesome
My babe not around
You know that I need ya
Ya can't be found
Been lookin' for ya baby
All over town
Ya went away and left me
All alone
It wasn't you darlin'
But it was me, was wrong
Don't tell me where ya goin'
Tell me where ya been
Ain't had no lovin'
Since you, you done went and left me
Top
by Jimmy
Reed
recording of 19
from Jimmy
Reed Is Back (Collectables 5436),
copyright
notice
A tribute song from Jimmy Reed to Sonny
Boy Williamson.
All lyrics spoken:
Now listen, I wanna tell ya sump'em.
I'm gonna play this one for a old friend of mine.
A old friend called, Sonny Boy William.
He's done passed on the other side, now, but
wherever he's at, I know he is swingin'.
And I know he enjoyin' hisself,
and Sonny Boy, this is for you from, Jimmy Reed!
I know that they been scratchin' their back an'
clippin' their toenails an' gettin' buck bare-feeted
and all that ole kinda jive. But ladies and gentleman,
I wouldn't have you to do none of that for me.
I just want you to sit back and relax and cool it an'
take it easy, an'listen at me play these blues.
Well now, I guess I'll play this for a old friend a
mine,
oh man, Sonny Boy William. He is passed on now,
but wherever he at, I know he enjoyin' hisself, an'this,
I'm playin' for, my friend which for have passed on,
Mr. Sonny Boy William. And Mr. Sonny Boy, this is for
YOU.
Top
by R.M. Jones
recording of 19
from The
Best Of The Blues (Collectables
7118), copyright
notice
Trouble in mind, I'm blue,
but I won't be blue always
'Cause the sun gonna shine,
in-a my backdoor someday
Trouble in mind, it's true,
I almost lost my mind
Life ain't worth livin', baby,
sometime I feel like dyin'
I'm gonna lay my head,
on some lonesome railroad track
Let a 2:19 train, ah,
ease my worried mind
Top
by
recording of 19
from Jimmy
Reed Is Back (Collectables 5436),
copyright
notice
Turn me on like a TV and cut me off like a radio
Turn me on like a TV and cut me off like a radio
You'd take me for a plaything, 'cause I'm always at your
door
The four winds gonna change but you'll reap just a-what you
sow
Yes, the four winds'll change but you'll reap just what you
sow
If there's ever a change, you'll be knockin' at my door
Don't point your finger, baby, you may have to come back one
day
Don't point your finger, baby, you may have to come back one
day
Yeah, your cold winds gonna change but it just might change
my way
Top
by
recording of 19
from Jimmy
Reed Is Back (Collectables 5436),
copyright
notice
Wake up at daybreak, I just can't sleep at night
I wake up at daybreak, I just can't sleep at night
I'm rollin' an'that's because, my baby got me uptight
I'm like a tumblin' weed1, baby, I tumble 'cause
I'm all alone
I'm like a tumblin' weed, baby, I tumble 'cause I'm all
alone
You know I'd feel better, baby, if ya called me on the
phone
Don't you say a word, baby, long as I know you're on the
line
Don't say nothin', baby, I'm gonna say on the line
Let me do all the talkin', I've got so much on my mind
I hear ya!
I wake up at daybreak, I just can't sleep at night
I wake up at daybreak, I just can't sleep at night
I keep rollin' an' cryin', because my baby got me
uptight
Like a tumblin' weed baby, I tumble 'cause I'm all alone
I'm like a tumblin' weed baby, I tumble 'cause I'm all
alone
I would feel much better, if ya'd call me on the phone
Don't say a word, baby, as long as you on the line
Don't say nothin' , baby, just stay on the line
Let me do all the talkin', now honey, I've got somethin' on
my mind
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Note 1: tumble weed, a plant (as Russian thistle or any of
several amaranths) that breaks away from its roots in the
autumn and is driven about by the wind as a light rolling
mass.
Top
by Jimmy
Reed / Ewart
Abner
recording of 1959
from Rockin'
with Reed (Charly 285),
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 kisses so sweet, honey your love is life
Your kisses so sweet, honey your love is life
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 it true
Top
by Jimmy
Reed
recording of 19
from Classic
Recordings (Tomato 71660),
copyright
notice
Come see me baby, make sure you wear somethin' green
I said, come see me baby, make sure you wear somethin'
green
I thought yellow was pretty, but green the prettiest thing I
seen
I said, wait a minute baby, honey, 'fore ya split the
scene
Why don't ya, wait a minute baby, honey 'fore ya split the
scene?
I thought yellow was pretty, but green the prettiest thing I
seen
Well, look-a-here baby, ya know just what Jimmy means
I said, look-a-here baby, ya know just what I mean
I thought-a yellow was pretty, but green the prettiest thing
I seen
Top
by Pete
Johnson / Big
Joe Turner
recording of 19
from The
Best Of The Blues (Collectables
7118), copyright
notice
It was early one mornin', I was on my way to school
It was early one mornin', I was on my way to school
That was the Monday mornin' I broke my mama's rule
Ooo-wee-wee baby, you sure look good to me
Ooo-wee-wee baby, you sure look good to me
Sometimes I wonder who can your lover be?
In love with ya baby, before I learned to call your name
In love with ya baby, before I learned to call your name
You in love with someone else, you 'bout to drive me
insane
Top
by Jimmy
Reed
recording of 19
from Jimmy
Reed Is Back (Collectables 5436),
copyright
notice
When I woke up this mornin', I was in my bed alone
I woke up this mornin', I, I, was in my bed alone
I thought I was dreamin' but the woman I had was gone
I spent ten years in a steel mill, every cent would come
home with pay
I spent ten years in the steel mill, every cent it come home
with my pay
I was workin' on seven eleven an' that's when she go out an'
play
I don't care about the money she spend, neither, the clothes
she put on his back
I don't care about the money she would spend, neither, the
clothes you put on his back
Yeah, but things from seven eleven, he was laid up in my
shack
Top
by Jimmy
Reed / Ewart
Abner
recording of 1974
from Rockin'
with Reed (Charly 285),
copyright
notice
Well, I bought you, I thought ya want a Rocket
881
You say ya gotta be a speed 'em, now don't, make ya late
Then you left me, left me out in the cold
Then the last time I saw you, you were headin' back down the
road
Well ya stepped on the starter, built up some steam
Ya said, "If I ever see ya baby, that'll be in my
dreams"
Then ya left me here, left me out in the cold
Then the last time I saw ya, you were headin' back down the
road
(I hear you)
Well, ya don't have ta tell me that I ain't no fool
Ya learned something down there, you didn't learn in
school
Well ya left me, ya left me out in the cold
Then the last time I saw ya, you were headin' back down the
road
Well ya got out now, and you wanna come back
I don't want ya baby, that's a natural fact
Oh ya left me, ya left me out in the cold
And the last time I saw you, you were headin' back down the
road
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Note 1: Rocket 88, 50's car from the Oldsmobile brand, see
these pictures.
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by Johnny Mae Dunson
recording of 19
from Classic
Recordings (Tomato 71660),
copyright
notice
Don't say nothin' if you don't know what you're talkin'
about
Don't say nothin' if you don't know what you're talkin'
about
Don't worry that 'bout your friend, knew just what you
got
Don't start to tell your business, tellin' it to your
friends
Don't start tellin' your business, to your friends
Gonna tell ya right now, that's where your troubles
begin
If ya don't believe me, try it for yourself
If ya don't believe me, try it for yourself
If ya tell your friends, they go on an'tell someone else
When you're doin' alright, your friends are jealous of
you
When you're doin' alright, your friends they jealous of
you
They-a tell a lie on ya, try to break your heart in two
Top
by Jimmy
Reed
recording of 19
from Classic
Recordings (Tomato 71660),
copyright
notice
Ev'ry sixty second, of ev'ry minute
Ev'ry sixty minute, of the hour
Ev'ry twenty-four hours of the day
I just sit a-round an'pray
Wonder where, oh where can you be?
I wonder, where, well babe
Won't you come on home to me?
Ev'ry seven days, of the week
Ev'ry four week, of the month
Ev'ry twelve month, of the year
I just sit an' wish, you was here
I wonder where, well where can you be?
I wonder where, well baby
Please come on home to me
Top
by Maceo Merriweather
recording of 19
from The
Best Of The Blues (Collectables
7118), copyright
notice
All alone, all alone, got misery so bad, I have to cry
But someday baby, mmm
You ain't gonna worry me, my life, anymore
You're on my mind, every place I've gone
How much I love you, no one know
But someday baby, you ain't gonna worry me, my life any
more
And on my mind, every place I've gone
Man, I know I love you an' nobody knows
But someday baby, you ain't gonna worry, my mind any
more
Top
by Jimmy
Reed
recording of 1954
from The
Best of Jimmy Reed (GNP
GNPD-2-10006), copyright
notice
Whoa, baby
You don't have ta go
Whoa, baby
You don't have ta go
I'm gonna pack up darlin'
Down the road I go
Well now, I give you all my money
Then ya go downtown,
an' you get back in the evenin'
Told me, walked down town
Whoa baby, you don't have ta go
I'm gonna pack up darlin'
Down the road I go
Whoa baby, honey what's wrong wich' you?
Whoa baby, honey what's wrong wich' you?
Well you don't treat me darlin', like you used to do
Top
by Jimmy
Reed
recording of 1961
from Jimmy
Reed at Carnegie Hall (Suite Beat
3001), copyright
notice
Oh, baby, you don't have to go
I'm gonna pack up, darlin', down the road I'll go
Well, I give you all my money and you go downtown,
You come back in the morning and you call me a clown
Oh, baby, you don't have to go
Oh, baby, honey, what's wrong with you?
Well, you don't treat me, darlin', like you used to do
Top
by Jimmy
Reed / Ewart
Abner
recording of 1958
from I'm
Jimmy Reed (Collectables 7108 or Charly
282), copyright
notice
I got a little girl
An' when she hold me in her arms
I'm out of this world
And she help keep that world
She's gotten me cryin', a valley of tears
You know baby, yearnin'
Because you know how I feel
You've gotten me cryin'
Oh yeah, you know there ain't no more
Now you know darlin' that you thrill me so
Tellin' you honey, you don't have to go
You've gotten me cryin' a valley of tears
You know baby, oh, because you know how I feel
You've gotten me cryin'
Whoa yeah, you know there ain't no more
Top
by Jimmy
Reed
recording of 1956
from The
Best of Jimmy Reed (GNP
GNPD-2-10006), copyright
notice
Listen ta me baby, what I said is right
I'll leave home in the mornin' baby
But I can't stay out all night
'Cause you got me dizzy
Yeah, you got me dizzy
Yeah, you got me dizzy
And I can't even see my way
Let me tell you baby, what I say is true
I ain't never, never loved nobody
In the way that I love you
Now, you got me dizzy
Whoa, you got me dizzy
Yeah, you got me dizzy
And I can't even see my way
(I hear you)
Wait a minute babe
Don't you bip or bop
You done made me love you baby
And I swear, I just can't stop
'Cause you got me dizzy
Whoa, you got me dizzy
Yeah, you got me dizzy
I can't even see my way
Top
by Jimmy
Reed
recording of 1959
from The Classic Recordings Volume 2 (), copyright
notice
You got me runnin', you got me hidin'
You got me run, hide, hide, run
Anyway you wanna let it roll
Yeah, yeah, yeah
You got me doin' what you want me
A baby why you wanna let go?
I'm goin' up, I'm goin' down
I'm goin up, down, down, up
Anyway ya wanna let it roll
Yeah, yeah, yeah
You got me doin' what you want me
A baby why you wanna let go?
You got me peepin', you got me hidin'
You got me peep, hide, hide, peep
Anyway you wanna let it roll
Yeah, yeah, yeah
You got me doin' what you want me
Oh baby why you wanna let go?
Top
by J. Baird
recording of 1957
from I'm
Jimmy Reed (Collectables 7108 or Charly
282), copyright
notice
Baby you send me
Honest you do
Ain't nobody in the whole round world
Can, thrill me like ya do
'Cause you somethin' else
Yeah, you somethin' else
Yeah you pretty li'l thing
I'm into somethin' else
When you kiss me baby
Tell it all over myself
You, itty, bitty, pretty li'l thing
And I'm into somethin' else
'Cause you somethin' else
Yeah, you somethin' else
Yeah, you pretty li'l thing
I'm into somethin' else
When I first met you baby
Nothin' but a child
You done made me love ya baby
Ya 'bout to drive me wild
'Cause you somethin' else
Aww, you somethin' else
Yeah, you pretty little thing
I'm into somethin' else
Honey, you ain't no stallion
But you still look fine
Itty, bitty, pretty li'l thing
'Bout to drive me outta my mind
'Cause you somethin' else
Aww, you somethin' else
Yeah, you pretty little thing
I'm into somethin' else
Top
by Jimmy
Reed / Ewart
Abner
recording of 19
from Classic
Recordings (Tomato 71660),
copyright
notice
I'm in love wit'cha baby, tryin' a-keep from cryin'
Now, I'm in love wit'cha baby, I'm tryin' a-keep from
cryin'
Oh, you know I love you girl, oh you upset my mind
Well now, tell me if you love me, let me know in time
Now, tell me if you love me, let me know in time
Oh, you know I love you baby, girl, you upset my mind
I 'member when I'd takin' you by the arm,
An' we never stop a-walkin', till I walked ya home
Oh, I got to see ya baby, I don't even have a dime
I'm gonna walk to ya baby, girl, you upset my mind
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