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by McKinley Morganfield a.k.a. Muddy Waters recording of July 20-24th 1942, probably Clarksdale, Mississippi from The Complete Plantation Recordings (Chess/MCA CHD-9344), copyright notice I'm gonna get my 32-20, my baby she ridin' around in a V8 Ford Lord, I'm gonna get my 32-20, my little girl ridin' around in a V8 Ford Well, you know it musta been a while ago, man, somebody went out my backdoor That's the reason I carry my 32-20, that the reason I carries it ev'ryday Lord, that's the reason I carry my 32-20, that's the reason I carries it ev'ryday Well now, you know how she been runnin' around here, hmm, I'd a-swear somebody gonna fade away Lord, I got a lil' into trouble, down on Mr. Stovall's place Lord, I have got in a little trouble, way down on Mr. Stovall's place Well now, you know my baby she been runnin' around here ridin', and I had to sit down and change my ways I got a pretty little thing, livin' down by Frairs Point I got a pretty little thing, she's livin' down on Friars Fairs town Now you know the reason I carry that 32-20, man, I don't want my little baby ridin' around Play that thing boy! Well that's why I tote my 32-20, little gal, ev'rywhere I go Yeah, that's why I tote my 32-20, baby, most ev'rywhere I go Well now, you know I'm tired of my baby runnin' around here ridin', man, down in a V8 Ford __________ Notes: previously unissued. Charles Berry on second guitar. See also lyrics and notes of the Skip James original 20-20 Blues and Robert Johnson's cover version 32-20 Blues. Here is a map of the Clarksdale, Mississippi area, it also shows Stovall where Muddy Waters lived and worked and Clover Hill as well.
by McKinley Morganfield a.k.a. Muddy Waters recording of May 4, 1953 from Chess Box (Chess 9340), copyright notice Baby, please don't go Baby, please don't go Baby, please don't go, down to New Orleans You know I love you so Before I be your dog Before I be your dog Before I be your dog I get you way'd out here, and let you walk alone Turn your lamp down low Turn your lamp down low Turn your lamp down low I beg you all night long, baby, please don't go You brought me way down here You brought me way down here You brought me way down here 'bout to Rolling Forks, you treat me like a dog Baby, please don't go Baby, please don't go Baby, please don't go, back the New Orleans I beg you all night long Before I be your dog Before I be your dog Before I be your dog I get you way'd out here, and let you walk alone You know your man down gone You know your man down gone You know your man down gone To the country farm1, with all the shackles on __________ Note 1: country farm, Charlie Hardin suggests that this should be county farm. Charlie further says: "A county farm was (and maybe still is in some county's) a place were people could go to work off their fines for misdemeanor charges. Thanks Charlie for this contribution.
by McKinley Morganfield a.k.a. Muddy Waters recording of 19 from probably The Chess Box (MCA 80002), copyright notice Yeah when the sun rose this mornin', I didn't have my baby by my side Well when the sun rose this mornin', I didn't have my woman by my side Well I didn't know where she was, she's out with another guy And don't the sun look lonesome? She headed down the highway Ya know the sun looks so lonesome, settin' down behind the trees Well don't the heart look lonesome? When your baby find someone else Well blow wind, blow wind, blow my baby back to me Yeah, blow wind, blow wind, blow my baby back to me Well you know if I don't soon find my pine top, my heart's gonna be in misery Well goodbye bab-ay, I ain't got no more to say Yeah, goodbye, goodbye, I ain't got no more to say Well you know, I know you don't love me, go ahead and have your way
by Leroy Carr recording of 19 from probably The Chess Box (MCA 80002), copyright notice I have the blues before sunrise, tears standing in my eyes I have the blues before sunrise, tears standing in my eyes It was a miserable feeling, now babe, A feeling I do despise I have to leave, leave you baby, because you know you done me wrong I have to leave you baby, because you know you done me wrong I'm gonna pack up and leave you darling And break up my happy home I'm gonna leave you baby, I'm gonna leave you all alone I'm gonna leave you baby, I'm gonna leave you all alone I'm gonna pack up and leave you darling, Because you know you done me wrong Well now goodbye, goodbye baby, I'll see you on some rainy day Well now goodbye baby, I'll see you on some rainy day You can go ahead now little darling, 'Cause I want you to have your way
by McKinley Morganfield a.k.a. Muddy Waters recording of August 24-31, 1941, Stovall Plantation, Stovall, Mississippi from The Complete Plantation Recordings (Chess/MCA CHD-9344), copyright notice Well now, that clover man way up in Dundee Well now, that clover man way up in Dundee Well now, you go down to Mr. Howard Stovall's place, he's got all the burr clover you need Well now, the reason that I love that old burr clover farm so well Well now, the reason that I love that old burr clover farm so well Well now, we always have money and we never raise no hell Well now, I'm leaving this morning, and I sure do hate to go Well now, I'm leaving this morning, and I sure do hate to go Well now, I've got to leave this burr clover farm, I ain't coming back no more Now, good bye everybody and I may not coming back again Now, good bye everybody and I may not coming back again Well now, I've got to leave this burr clover farm, my baby don't want me around Well, so long, so long, you gonna need my help, I say Well, so long, so long, you gonna need my help, I say Well now, I here do wanna sell you some burr clover, honey, just before I go away
by McKinley Morganfield a.k.a. Muddy Waters recording of August 24-31, 1941, Stovall Plantation, Stovall, Mississippi from The Complete Plantation Recordings (Chess/MCA CHD-9344), copyright notice Well now, I told my man, way up in Dundee Lord, I told my man, way up in Dundee Well now, you go down to Mr. Howard Stovall's place, he got all the burr clover you need Well now, the reason I love, that old Burr Clover Farm, so well Yeah now .the reason I love, that old Burr Clover Farm, so well Well now, we always have money and we never raise no hell Well now I'm leavin' this mo'nin', sho do hate to go, yeah babe Lord, I'm leavin' this mo'nin' , an I sho' do hate to go Well now, I've got to leave that Burr Clover Farm, I ain't comin' back here no mo' Play that boy! Yeah told you I was leavin' at 4 o'clock this mo'nin' Now goodbye ev'rybody, an I may not come back down I said goodbye ev'rybody, an I may not come back down Well now I gotta leave that Burr Clover Farm, my baby don't want me around Well so long, so long, you gonna need my help, I say So long, so long, you gonna need my help, I say Well now I'm gonna sell ya some Burr Clover honey, just before I go away __________ Note: track 5, previously unissued.
by Fleecie Moore recording of 19 from , copyright notice Walk with my baby She got great big feet She long, lean, lanky An had nothin' to eat She's my baby I love her just the same Yeah an I'm crazy 'bout this woman cause Caldonia..., your name Caldonia! Caldonia! Don't take your big head so hard? I love ya I love ya just the same You know I'm crazy 'bout this woman because Caldonia..., your name Spoken: You know what? (What's that?) My mother told me to leave that girl alone (I thought that was a good woman, ain't nothin' wrong with you) I don't doubt it boy, but my mother can't Understand the girl and she doesn't like her So I'm gonna go right now to her house, find her Call her just one more time I hope she hear me? (Oh she gonna hear you alright!) Caldonia, Caldonia! What makes your big head so hard? What! I love ya I love you just the same You know I'm crazy 'bout this woman Pine Top Caldonia ..., your name I love that girl, boy! Spoken: Now you know! (What?) My mother keep on tellin' me That you're the one, no kiddin' buddy I heard what you said (Your mother jivin', boy) Now, she said son, she will bale you around if the moment is good Puttin' down what I did... So now I've gotta go back out and call her, one more, once I need one more, ya hear? Caldonia, 'donia {What make your big head so hard?} (I loose her Loves her just the same) And I dreams about ya baby 'Cause Caldonia is your name {All-right} Spoken: Now you know (What?) My mother keep on tellin' me, to leave that girl alone! (No kiddin' that's what you said) No, she said son (Say what?) She still would bat me around, but mama wouldn't hear It wasn't cool, so I'm gonna have to go Back to the house you know And call her, one more time 'Donia! Donia! (Donia...(Donia) What makes your big head so hard? {I loves her, loves her just the same Now I'm crazy 'bout ya baby, 'cause Caldonia is your name} (Yeah I'm crazy 'bout ya baby) (Wild about ya baby) I mean crazy 'bout ya baby (Wild about ya baby) Crazy 'bout ya baby (Wild about ya baby) (Crazy 'bout ya baby) (Wild about ya baby) (And I'm crazy 'bout ya baby 'Cause Caldonia is your name) (Wild about ya baby) Crazy 'bout ya baby (Wild about ya baby) Crazy 'bout ya baby (Wild about ya darlin') I love your style little girl (Wild about ya baby) Crazy 'bout ya baby) (Wild about ya baby 'Cause downtown you here tonight)
by probably McKinley
Morganfield a.k.a. Muddy
Waters by McKinley
Morganfield a.k.a. Muddy
Waters
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by Chatman / Williams / Parish recording of 19 from probably In Concert (Prestige Jazz 150), copyright notice Corrina, Corrina, where ya been so long? Tell me Corrina, where ya been so long? I haven't had no lovin', since you been gone I love Corrina, I tell the world I do Well I love Corrina, I tell the world I do Well I hope some day she will, come to love me too Corrina, Corrina, where you stay last night? Tell me Corrina, where you stayed last night? You came home this mornin', the sun was shinin' bright I met Corrina, a-way across the sea Yeah I met Corrina, way across the sea She wouldn't write me no letter, she didn't care for me Bye-bye Corrina, I got to leave ya now Bye-bye Corrina, I got to leave ya now Well I know you didn't mean it, no good, no how!
by McKinley Morganfield a.k.a. Muddy Waters recording of August 24-31, 1941, Stovall Plantation, Stovall, Mississippi from The Complete Plantation Recordings (Chess/MCA CHD-9344), copyright notice I get later on in the evenin' time, I feel like, like blowin' my horn I woke up this mo'nin, find my, my little baby gone, hmm Later on in the evenin', main man, I feel like, like blowin' my horn Well I, woke up this mo'nin' baby, find my little baby gone A well now, some folks say they worry, worry blues ain't bad That's a misery feelin' child, I most, most ever had Some folks tell me, man I did worry, the blues ain't bad Well that's a misery ole feelin', honey now, well gal, I most ever had Well, brooks run into the ocean, ocean run in, into the sea If I don't find my baby somebody gonna, gonna bury me, um-hm Brook run into the ocean, child, ocean run into the sea Well, if I don't find my baby now, well gal, you gonna have to bury me Yes, minutes seem like hours an hours seem like days Seems like my baby would stop her, her lowdown ways, hey Minutes seem like hours child, an hours seem like days Yes, seem like my woman now, well gal, she might stop her lowdown ways Well now I'm, I'm leavin' this mo'nin' if I had-a, whoa ride the blind I feel mistreated girl you know now, I don't mind dyin' Leavin' this mo'nin, tell ya I had-a now ride the blind Yeah, been mistreated baby now, baby an I don't mind dyin' __________ Note: track no. 1.
by McKinley Morganfield a.k.a. Muddy Waters recording of 1977 from Hard Again (Blue Sky ZK-34449, Columbia 34449), copyright notice Yeah I'm so sorry, I got to leave my woman alone Yeah I'm so sorry, I got to leave my woman alone Well you know she got a crosseyed cat, livin' without that man in her home Every time I start to see this woman, he's in the corner growlin' or layin' down Every time I start to see this woman, he's in the corner growlin' or layin' down Yeah, you know he's too big to be a house cat, and he's too small to be a lion There's somethin' wrong Yeah, I stop by my baby's house, he start jumpin' from wall to wall Yeah, I stop by my baby's house, he start jumpin' from wall to wall Then he's lookin' crosseyed at me, sit back in the corner and licked his paw Yeah, my woman got a crosseyed cat, livin' there with her in her home Yeah, my woman got a crosseyed cat, livin' there with her in her home You know I try so hard to do her right, but it seem like everything I do is wrong
by McKinley Morganfield a.k.a. Muddy Waters recording of 1977 from Hard Again (Blue Sky ZK-34449, Columbia 34449), copyright notice Yes, I'm goin' down in Florida, where the sun shines damn near every day Well, well I'm goin' down in Florida, where the sun shines damn near every day Yeah, I'll take my woman out on the beach fellas 'n, and sit down on the sand and play Yeah, well I think I'll go down in Gainesville, just to see an old friend of mine Well, I believe I'll cut down in Gainesville, oh, just to see an' old buddy of mine Well, you know if we're not too busy, I believe that I'm gonna drop over in Uberry sometime (spoken: Let's go back to Florida Let's go back down to Florida, where the sun shines) Yeah, I believe I'm gonna leave tomorrow, well, I'm gonna be on my way Yes, I'm gonna have a plenty of time, well, I don't wanna make myself late Well, you know I believe I'll go back down in Gainesville, and this time I'm goin' to stay Let's rise, let's rise Yeah, deep down in Florida, well, well that's the place I long to be Well, oh deep down in Florida, well that's the place I long to be Well, oh let me take my baby out in the backyard in the, backyard people, and sit down under the old orange tree
by McKinley Morganfield a.k.a. Muddy Waters recording of 19 from Chess Box (MCA/Chess CHD3-80002), copyright notice She got to take sick and die one of these days She got to take sick and die oh! one of these days All the medicine I can buy, and all the doctors she can hire She got to take sick and die one of these days When she's dead I'm gonna bury her very deep When she's dead I'm gonna bury her very deep I'm gonna bury her very deep, rubies and diamonds round her feet She got to take sick and die one of these days I got to take sick and die one of these days She got to take sick and die oh! one of these days All the medicine she can buy, and all the doctors she can hire She got to take sick and die one of these days She got to take sick and die one of these days She got to take sick and die one of these days All the medicine she can buy, and all the doctors she can hire She got to take sick and die one of these days If it was me and all the powers in my hands If it was me and all the powers in my hands If it was me and all the powers laying there child in my hands She would have to go down to the promised land _________ Note: also known as Diamonds At Your Feet.
by Willie Dixon recording of 19 from The Chess Box (MCA 80002), copyright notice Y
by Melka recording of 19 from The Chess Box (MCA 80002), copyright notice Y
Double Trouble (chess box)
Sitting in my window, I'm looking out at the rain I got troubles, nothing to ease my worried mind I got double troubles, I just can't ********* My first woman she love me, and I love her too When she was living, I could tell she was so true I got troubles, nothing to ease my worried mind I got double troubles, I just can't ********* (Well, allright) My woman she fooled me, and she made me blue When she left me, I thought that she was so true I got troubles, nothing to ease my worried mind I got double troubles, I just can't *********
by probably Sonny Boy Williamson II ( Rice Miller) recording of June 5 1963 from One More Mile (MCA/Chess CHD2-9348), copyright notice Elevate me mama, mama five or six floors all down Elevate me mama, mama five or six floors all down Ah you know everybody tell me, you must be the elevatin' woman in town Well you know when you start to elevate me You almost scared me to death You elevate me so fast I've to stop and catch my breath Elevate me mama, mama five or six floors all down Ah you know everybody tells me, you 'bout the elevatin' woman in town Well you know I went to your apartment last night You had your elevator runnin' slow You know I gave you a buzz I went to take you up on the fourteenth floor Elevate me mama, mama five or six floors on down Well you know everybody tells me, you must be the elevatin' woman in town
by Waters recording of 19 from The Chess Box (MCA 80002), copyright notice YEvil (chess box)
I went through the jungle I met a king snake He said excuse me mister I think I made a mistake I looked at the lion He bowed his head I looked at the tiger And he fell dead Oh so evil Evil, as anybody can be You know I'm the hoochie coochie man Don't nobody mess with me I met an elephant It was big as a house I made him reduce So he looked like a mouse I met a ****** bear And he was so big I made him lose his hair And now he needs a wig Oh so evil Evil, as anybody can be I'm so darn gone evil Don't nobody mess with me I met a rattlesnake He thought he was smart He was double dealing ******** ace card He sneaked up and bit me Stretched out and died So when you see me coming You better run in high Oh so evil Evil, as anybody can be I'm a nature born lover Don't nobody mess with me by Eddie
Boyd
by Bernie Roth recording of 19 from probably The Chess Box (MCA 80002) & Legends Of Blues Collectors Edition (), copyright notice Forty days and forty nights Since my baby left this town Sunshinin' all day long But the rain keep comin' down She's my life I need her so Why she left I just don't know Forty days and forty nights Since I set right down and cried Keep rainin' all the time But the river is runnin' dry Lord help me it just ain't right I love that girl with all-a my might Forty days and forty nights Since my baby broke my heart Searchin' for her in a while Like a blind man in the dark Love can make a poor man rich Or break his heart I don't know which Forty days and forty nights Like a ship out on the sea Prayin' for her each night That she would come back-a home to me Life is love and love is right I hope she come back home tonight
by Williamson recording of 19 from The Chess Box (MCA 80002), copyright notice Y
Good morning little school girl (chess box)
Good morning little school girl (x2) Can I go home with you (x2) Tell your mother and your father I once was a schoolboy too Sometimes I don't know what (x2) Woman what in this world do you do (x2) I don't wanna hurt your feelings Or even get mad with you I'm gonna buy me an airplane (x2) I'm gonna fly over ******* (x2) If I don't find my baby Ain't gonna let my airplane down Now who's that coming, yonder (x2) she's all dressed up and pretty (x2) to me If she don't be my baby I've soon to see her ********
by Waters recording of 19 from The Chess Box (MCA 80002), copyright notice YGood news (chess box)
I got a letter this mornig my wife had a brand new baby girl When I got the news I was half way round the world That's good news Oh boy that's good news Oh boy that's good news, what my baby says You know I'm leaving in the morning, I'm on my way home When I get there I'm gonna rock that woman in my arms That's good news Oh boy that's good news Oh boy that's good news, what my baby says You know I'm gonna give away candy, I'm gonna a have cigars (for sale) I know she love me and boy she wouldn't fail That's good news Oh boy that's good news Oh boy that's good news, what my baby says Well you know as soon as I get home I'm gonna rock that baby on my knees Reach out to kiss her mother and say girl you can't be beat That's good news Oh boy that's good news Oh boy that's good news, what my baby says
by Preston Foster / McKinley Morganfield a.k.a. Muddy Waters recording 1960 from probably The Chess Box (MCA 80002), copyright notice Got my mojo working, but it just won't work on you Got my mojo working, but it just won't work on you I wanna love you so bad till I don't know what to do I'm going down to Louisiana to get me a mojo hand I'm going down to Louisiana to get me a mojo hand I'm gonna have all you women right here at my command Got my mojo working Got my mojo working Got my mojo working Got my mojo working Got my mojo working, but it just won't work on you Play on! Got my mojo working Got my mojo working Got my mojo working Got my mojo working Got my mojo working, but it - uh uh - just won't work on you __________ Note: the original version of Got My Mojo Working was sung in a jump blues style by Ann Cole. She performed the song on stage in 1956, which was how Muddy Waters found the song!. Muddy Waters adapted it to his style but the bassline is still the same. The song can be found on the 1999 Rhino Records anthology album Jump, Jive & Swing. These are the lyrics to the original version as sung by Ann Cole and written by Preston Foster: I got my black cat bone, all pure and dry I got a four-leaf clover, all hangin' high Got my hoodoo ashes all around your bead Got my black snake roots underneath your head I got my mojo workin', but it just won't work on you I want to love you so, till I don't know what to do I got a gypsy woman givin' me advice I got some red hot tips I got to keep on ice I got a rabbit foot, I know it's workin' right I got a strand of hair I'm keepin' day and night Many thanks to Anthony Albert Nassar for contributing this information and the lyrics!
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by McKinley Morganfield a.k.a. Muddy Waters recording 1947, Chicago from The Chess Box (MCA 80002) & (Chess CHD 9274) & The Beginnings Of Rock (Aristocrat 1302), copyright notice You know the gypsy woman told me that you your mother's bad-luck child You know the gypsy woman told me that you your mother's bad-luck child Well, you're having a good time now, but that'll be trouble after while Well, you know I went to a gypsy woman to have my fortune told She say, "You better go back home son and peep through your, your key hole" You know the gypsy woman told me that you your mother's bad-luck child Well, you're having a good time now, but that'll be trouble after while Well, now, you know I went back home, I took the gypsy woman as she said I peeped through my key hole and there was another man laying in my bed You know the gypsy woman told me that you your mother's bad-luck child Well, you're having a good time now, but that'll be trouble after while __________ Note: this song was cut at the first recording session of Muddy Waters for the Aristrocat label, the forerunner of the famous Chess label. It was cut together with one more song, "Little Anna Mae", and released in the spring of 1947. It wasn't a big seller so Muddy couldn't quit his day job yet, driving a truck for the Western Graves Company and delivering venetian blinds. Muddy would have to wait until April 1948 before Aristocrat asked him to record again.
by McKinley Morganfield a.k.a. Muddy Waters recording 1954 from probably The Chess Box (MCA 80002), copyright notice Sail on, sail on my little honey bee, sail on Sail on, sail on my little honey bee, sail on You gonna keep on sailing till you lose your happy home Sail on, sail on my little honey bee, sail on Sail on, sail on my little honey bee, sail on I don't mind you sailing, but please don't sail so long All right little honey bee I hear a lotta buzzing, sound like my little honey bee I hear a lotta buzzing, sound like my little honey bee She been all around the world making honey But now she is coming back home to me
by Willie Dixon recording 1954 from Muddy Waters on Chess 1951-1959, Vol. 2 (Vogue 600059), copyright notice The gypsy woman told my mother Before I was born I got a boy child's comin' He's gonna be a son of a gun He gonna make pretty women's Jump and shout Then the world wanna know What this all about But you know I'm him Everybody knows I'm him Well you know I'm the hoochie coochie man Everybody knows I'm him I got a black cat bone I got a mojo too I got the Johnny Concheroo I'm gonna mess with you I'm gonna make you girls Lead me by my hand Then the world will know The hoochie coochie man But you know I'm him Everybody knows I'm him Oh you know I'm the hoochie coochie man Everybody knows I'm him On the seventh hours On the seventh day On the seventh month The seven doctors say He was born for good luck And that you'll see I got seven hundred dollars Don't you mess with me But you know I'm him Everybody knows I'm him Well you know I'm the hoochie coochie man Everybody knows I'm him
by McKinley Morganfield a.k.a. Muddy Waters recording of 19 from probably Sail on (Chess LPS-1539, Wolf 120893), copyright notice You know I'm a howlin' wolf, and I been howlin' all around your door Well you know I'm a howlin' wolf, and I been howlin' all around your door If you give me what I want little girl, and you won't hear me howl no more You know when I get-ta howlin', I dig me a hole down in the ground Well when I get-ta howlin', I dig me a hole down in the ground Some people call me a black panther, but my baby, she knows the way I sound I'll howl so long, ya know it make my time go slow I'll howl so long, if you give me what I want little girl And you won't hear me howl no more Well when I get-ta howlin', they call me "Too Bad Jim" Yeah when I get-ta howlin', ya know they call me "Too Bad Jim" You know I get so bad sometime I get real bad..., and I be jumpin' from limb to limb!
by McKinley Morganfield a.k.a. Muddy Waters recording of 1941(?) from probably The Complete Plantation Recordings (Chess/MCA CHD-9344), copyright notice I Be's Troubled Well if I feel tomorrow, like I feel today I'm gonna pack my suitcase, and make my getaway Lord I'm troubled, I'm all worried in mind And I'm never bein' satisfied, and I just can't keep from cryin' Yeah, I know my little ol' baby, she gonna jump and shout That ol' train be late girl, and I come walkin' out Lord I'm troubled, I'm all worried in mind Yeah and I'm never bein' satisfied, and I just can't keep from cryin' Yeah, I know somebody, who' been talkin' to you I don't need no telling, girl, I can watch the way you do And I be troubled, I be all worried in mind Yeah and I'm never bein' satisfied, and I just can't keep from cryin' Yeah, now goodbye baby Got no more to say Just like I been tellin' you, girl, you're gonna have to leave my way Lord I'm troubled, I'm all worried in mind Yeah and I'm never bein' satisfied, and I just can't keep from cryin' Yeah my baby she quit me, seem like mama was dead I got real worried gal, and she drove it to my head I be's troubled, I be all worried in mind Yeah and I'm never bein' satisfied, and I just can't keep from cryin'
by McKinley Morganfield a.k.a. Muddy Waters recording 1948 from Muddy Waters on Chess 1948-1951, Vol. 1 (Vogue 600052), copyright notice Well I'm goin' away to leave Won't be back no more Goin' back down south, child Don't you want to go? Woman I'm troubled, I be all worried in mind Well baby I just can't be satisfied And I just can't keep from cryin' Well I feel like snappin' Pistol in your face I'm gonna let some graveyard Lord be your resting place Woman I'm troubled, I be all worried in mind Well baby I can never be satisfied And I just can't keep from cryin' Well now all in my sleep Hear my doorbell ring Looking for my baby I couldn't see not a doggone thing Woman I was troubled, I was all worried in mind Well honey I could never be satisfied And I just couldn't keep from cryin' Well I know my little old baby She gonna jump and shout That old train be late man, Lord And I come walking out I be troubled, I be all worried in mind Well honey ain't no way in the world could we be satisfied And I just can't keep from crying __________ Note: Muddy recorded this song for the Aristocrat label, the forerunner of the famous Chess label, for the first time in April 1948. The song was created from two other songs Muddy recorded with Alan Lomax in 1941/1942 on the Stovall plantation for the Library of Congress, "I Be's Troubled" and "I Be Bound To Write To You". The record, with "I Feel Like Going Home" on the flip side, was in instant hit and the 3,000 78's sold out in little over a day. The record rose tot the no. 11 position on both the "Juke Box" and "Best Seller R&B" charts. Muddy was 33 when he finally broke through.
by Broonzy recording of 19 from The Chess Box (MCA 80002), copyright notice YI feel so good (chess box)
Hey, hey I got a letter It come to me by mail My baby's coming home I hope that she don't fail I feel so good Well, I feel so good You know I feel so good I feel like ***** I'm going down to the station Just to meet her train My baby's coming home You know I got ****** I feel so good Well, I feel so good You know I feel so good I feel like ***** I feel so good, I hope I always will I feel like a jack out of a *****, behind the ***** I feel so good Well, I feel so good You know I feel so good I feel like ***** (x2)
by McKinley Morganfield a.k.a. Muddy Waters recording of 19 from Rollin' & Tumblin' & Other Classics (Masters 1123) & Top Of The Boogaloo (Signal 88112), copyright notice Oh yeah, the woman she's livin' on a poor man's pay, I bought my babe a mink coat, with fur just to match her hair When I asked her out for dinner, she said, "Oh this is just common wear" I work hard on two jobs, and I make overtime every day Oh, you know I got a, I got a rich man's woman, but she's livin' on a poor man's pay I bought my babe a Cadillac, she said, "That's just a common gift" When she passes me walkin' on the streets, she refuse to give me a lift I told you I work hard on two jobs, and I make overtime every day Oh, you know I got a, I got a rich man's woman, but she's living on a poor man's pay There ain't no use for you to argue, just go ahead and let the girl have her way Even if she's a rich man's woman, and I know she's livin' on a poor man's pay I told you I work hard on two jobs, and I make overtime every day Oh, you know I know I got myself a rich mans woman, but the woman she's livin' on a poor man's pay
by Willie Dixon recording June 7 1960 from One More Mile (MCA/Chess CHD2-9348), copyright notice I got my brand on you I got my brand on you I got my brand on you I got my brand on you There ain't nothin' you can do honey I got my brand on you Oh you may go away and leave me girl, I declare you can't stay You gonna come runnin' back to me some lonesome day I got my brand on you I got my brand on you There ain't nothin' you can do darlin' I got my brand on you Oh I'm puttin' my brand you know baby on no certain part But whenever I kiss you I stab it in your heart I got my brand on you I got my brand on you There ain't nothin' you can do baby I got my brand on you Oh I got you like a fish baby, you know hangin' on my line I can reel you in, most any time I got my brand on you I got my brand on you There ain't nothin' you can do baby I got my brand on you
by Willie Dixon recording 1954 from Muddy Waters on Chess 1951-1959, Vol. 2 (Vogue 600059), copyright notice I don't want you to Be no slave I don't want you To wake all day I don't want you To be true I just want to make Love to you I don't want you to Wash my clothes I don't want you To keep our home I don't want your Money too I just want to make Love to you Love to you Love to you Love to you They tell about the way you Switch and walk Now I can see by the way you Baby talk Now I can know by the way you Treat your man That I could love you baby until the Cryin' shame I don't want you to Cook my bread I don't want you To make my bed I don't want to Because I'm sad and blue I just want to make Love to you Love to you Love to you Love to you Love to you
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