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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 Interview after recording the song, "Country Blues" Question: I wonder if you'd tell me, if you can remember, ah when it was that you made that blues, Muddy Water? Answer: I made that Blue up in '38. Question: Remember the time, the year, the..? Answer: I made it up 'bout the 8th of October in '38. Question: Do you remember where you were when you were doin' your singin'? No, I mean, how it happened? No, I mean, where you were sittin', what you were thinkin' about? Answer: Thinkin' a punchin' on my car. And I'd been mistreated by a girl and it just looked like it run in my mind to sing that song. Question: Tell me the, tell me a little of the story of it, if you don't mind? I mean if it's not too personal, I mean I wanna know the facts on how you felt and why you felt the way you did, that's a very beautiful song. Answer: Well, I just felt blue, an the song came into my mind an come to me just like that song and I start to singin' an went on. Question: Well, when you ah, do you, do you, know is that tune, the tune from any other blues that you know? Answer: Well, yes, it's been some blues played like that. Question: What, what tune, other blues do you remember, are like that same tune? Answer: Well, this song come from the cottonfield and the boy went, put the record out, Robert Young, he put it out, Walking Blues. Question: What was the title he put it out under? Answer: He put it out, on as "Man Walking Blues" Question: Uh-huh, did you know the tune before you heard it on the record? Answer: Yes, sir, I knew the tune before I heard it on the record. Question: Uh-huh, who'd you learn it from? Answer: I learn it from Son House. Question: Son House, who's that? Answer: That's a boy, pick a guitar and I don't ...(inaudible) Question: Oh, and how old, how old is Son House? Answer: Ah, I'm not even sure his age, he's about forty-two Question: Did you know Johnson, yourself? Answer: Robert Johnson? No, I didn't know him, personally Question: Is a, is a, House a better player than Johnson is, you think? Answer: I think they both 'bout equal. Question: Uh-huh, well ah, how did it come to first that you wanted to play the guitar? Why did you decide that you gonna? Answer: I just loved the music and saw Son singin' an playin' and I just wanted to do it an I took after it. Question: Well, about how much have you practiced? How many hours when you were first pickin' it up, how long did you have to play everyday to learn how to play? Answer: An hour and a half to two hours. Question: Uh-huh, everyday? Answer: Everyday. Question: Uh-huh, you remember what the first piece you ever tried to learn was? Answer: First piece I ever tried to learn was, How Long (Blues) whatever you wanna call it. Question: Uh-huh, did you learn that from a record or from seein' it? Answer: I learned that from the record. Question: How would you do? How would you learn that song? Answer: We just heard the song, ya know, put out, ah, Leroy Carr (?) put it out. Question: Would you sit down with the record and play a little of it and then try and play it? Answer: I just got the song in my ear and then went on and just tried to play it. Question: Well, how did you learn how to play with this bottle? Answer: Picked that up from Son House. Question: Uh-huh, what do you call that? Answer: Just a bottle-neck. I call it a slide. Question: You call it a slide? Answer: Yes. Question: Wear on your little finger? Answer: Yes. Question: And how do you have that guitar tuned? What's the name of that tuning? Answer: Spanish (strums guitar) Question: Spanish? Question: Do you know any other ways to tune the guitar than that? Answer: Well, I know the natural. Show you the natural. Question: Do you have another tuning, ah besides that? Answer: Yes sir, I have another tuning. Question: What's the name of that other tuning? Answer: That's just straight E, yes sir. Question: Straight E? Do you have another name for a straight E? Answer: Another song for a straight E? Question: No, I mean no is there any other name for that tuning than straight E? Answer: Well, we call it, we call it, a "cross noting" Question: Uh-huh, well can you play that other Country Blues that you played there then while ago that fast one? Answer: Yes. Question: In this same tune here? Answer: Yes. Question: Well, just a minute, I'll tell you when I'm ready
by McKinley Morganfield a.k.a. Muddy Waters recording of 1977 from Hard Again (Blue Sky ZK-34449, Columbia 34449), copyright notice The spark in your eye sets my, soul on fire, your voice is like a, angel above The touch of your hand woman, drives me insane, but baby, I want's to be loved I'm crazy 'bout every little, thing you do, I even, cherish your hug Your kisses so sweet honey they, can't be beat, but baby I want's to be loved Every time I ask ya, for a date, you don't come at all or your, oh so late I ask you to dance a, little spin, you said wait a minute daddy, here come my friend I love the way you walk when you, pass me by, even when you, tryin' to snub The touch of your hand honey, drives me insane, but baby I want's to be loved
by McKinley Morganfield a.k.a. Muddy Waters recording 19 from His Best: 1947-1955 (Chess 9370), copyright notice I want you to love me, love your baby slow I want you to love me, love you baby slow I want you to love me baby, till I drop dead from your love I want you to love me, love with your own free will I want you to love me, love with your own free will I want you to love me baby, love me and don't give killed I want you to love me, till the hair stand on my head I want you to love me, till the hair stand on my head I want you to love me baby, till you know I wish that I was dead
by McKinley Morganfield a.k.a. Muddy Waters recording July 19 from Chess Box (Chess 9340) & (Chess CHD 91080) & The Beginnings Of Rock (Aristocrat 1302), copyright notice Hush, ya'll hush, I heard little Anna Mae callin' my name Hush, ya'll hush, I heard little Anna Mae callin' my name Well, you know that girl kind-a lisp-tongued, she can't speak so doggone plain Anna Mae, she's a good little girl, but, she loves to run around at night Anna Mae, she's a good little girl, but, she loves to run around at night Well, you know if I can get her mind on me, she'd be so fit to treat me right. Bye-bye, Anna Mae, I hope we'll meet again someday Bye-bye, Anna Mae, I hope we'll meet again someday Well, now you won't be so doggone evil, baby, you better change your low down ways __________ Note: The song is about the breakup with his real-life lover Anna Mae which Muddy attributes to her "running around at night" i.e. outside love affairs. The song was cut at the first recording session of Muddy Waters for the Aristocrat label, the forerunner of the famous Chess label. It was cut together with one more song, "Gypsy Woman", and released as that songs flip side in the spring of 1947. The record 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 Big Bill Broonzy recording July 1959 from Muddy Waters on Chess 1951-1959, Vol. 2 (Vogue 600059), copyright notice Have you ever been walking, walking down that old lonesome road? Have you ever been walking, walking down that old lonesome road? No place to go, whee well brown no place to room and board Things look so lonesome, down that road ahead Things look so dark, down that road ahead Been thinkin' of the way you livin', whee well boy and what your mother said Things look so lonesome, when you ain't got a shelter over your head Things look so lonesome, when you ain't got a shelter over your head When you could have been at home, whee well boy sleepin' in a feather bed
by McKinley Morganfield a.k.a. Muddy Waters recording of 19 from probably Chess Box (Chess 9340), copyright notice You say you love me darlin', please, call me on the phone sometime You say you love me darlin', please, call me on the phone sometime When I hear your voice, ease my worried mind One of these days, I'm gonna show you how nice a man can be One of these days, I'm gonna show you just how nice a man can be I'm gonna buy you a brand, new Cadillac, if you only speak some good words about me Hear my phone ringin', sound like a long distance call Hear my phone keep ringin', sound like a long distance call When I picked up my receiver, the party said another mule kickin' in your stall
by McKinley Morganfield a.k.a. Muddy Waters recording of October 23, 1950 from probably Chess Box (Chess 9340), copyright notice I'm goin' down in Louisiana Be, be, behind the sun I'm goin' down in Louisiana Honey, behind the sun Well, you know I just found out My troubles just begun I'm goin' down in New Orleans, hmm Get me a mojo hand I'm goin' down in New Orleans Get me a mojo hand (spoken: oh take me with you, man, when you goin') I'm 'on show all you good lookin' women Yes, how to treat your love (spoken: let's go back to New Orleans)
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by McKinley Morganfield a.k.a. Muddy Waters recording 1977 from Blues Sky (Columbia ZK-46172), copyright notice Mamie, don't you hear me call your name Oh Mamie, don't you hear me calling your name Well Mamie I wanna see you so bad little girl, Till I don't know what to do Mamie, won't you please shake my hand Oh Mamie, Mamie, won't you please shake my hand Well I love you so hard Mamie, and you know I just can't explain Mamie, won't you come and kiss me goodbye Oh Mamie, Mamie, why don't you come and kiss me goodbye Well you know I hate to see you leave me little girl, You know you gonna make me cry Mamie, you got me down on my bended knees Mamie, you got me down on my bended knees Well little girl I hate to see you leave me, you hear me? That's why I'm beggin you please, please
by Elias McDaniel a.k.a. Bo Diddley / adapted by McKinley Morganfield a.k.a. Muddy Waters recording of 19 from probably Chess Box (Chess 9340), copyright notice Ooooooh, yeah, ooh, yeah Everythin', everythin', everythin's gonna be alright this mornin' Ooh yeah, whoaw Now when I was a young boy, at the age of five My mother said I was, gonna be the greatest man alive But now I'm a man, way past 21 Want you to believe me baby, I had lot's of fun I'm a man I spell mmm, aaa child, nnn That represents man No B, O child, Y1 That mean mannish boy I'm a man I'm a full grown man I'm a man I'm a natural born lovers man I'm a man I'm a rollin' stone I'm a man I'm a hoochie coochie man Sittin' on the outside, just me and my mate You know I'm made to move you honey, come up two hours late Wasn't that a man I spell mmm, aaa child, nnn That represents man No B, O child, Y1 That mean mannish boy I'm a man I'm a full grown man Man I'm a natural born lovers man Man I'm a rollin' stone Man-child I'm a hoochie coochie man
The line I shoot will never miss
by McKinley Morganfield a.k.a. Muddy Waters recording 1955-1959 from Trouble No More/Singles (1955-1959) (MCA/Chess CHD-9291), copyright notice She's a mean mistreater and she don't mean me no good She's a mean mistreater, and the woman she don't mean me no good Well you know I don't blame you baby, I'd be the same way if I could She's a mean mistreater, and the girl mistreats me all the time She's a mean mistreater, and the little girl mistreats me all the time Well you know you just wants to quit me darlin', because you got that on your mind Well you remember that Monday mornin' that I knocked up, up on your door You had the nerve to tell me that you didn't love, me no more Can't you remember baby, when I knocked up on your door Well you know you had the nerve to tell me that you, didn't love me no more Well you know it's lonesome you know it's lonesome, when you sleepin', all by yourself The little girl that you lovin', she lovin' someone else And it's lonesome, sleepin' by yourself Well you know the little woman that you involved with now, she is loving someone else
by McKinley Morganfield a.k.a. Muddy Waters recording November 30 1948, Chicago from Chess Box (MCA/Chess CHD3-80002) & Aristocrat of the Blues (Chess 50th Anniversary Collection) (MCA/Chess 9387), copyright notice I got a mean red spider, and she been webbin' all over town I got a mean red spider, and she been webbin' all over town I'm gonna get me a mean black spider, so I can tear her cobweb down I got a break comin', no need for me to moan I got a break is sho' comin', no need for me to moan That's jus' a mean red spider, she's breakin' up my happy home All right stop this stuff man Go ahead man If I don't go crazy, I will surely lose my mind Well you know if I don't go crazy, I will surely lose my mind That's jus' a mean red spider, and she jus' bother me all the time __________ Note: Muddy's first Chicago recording. He reocrded the song in 1946 for the 20th Century label. The lyrics are based on Robert "Junior" Lockwood's song "Black Spider Blues". Muddy changed the spider to red and female. This is the 1948 version for the Aristocrat label.
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by McKinley Morganfield a.k.a. Muddy Waters recording 1961 from One More Mile (MCA/Chess CHD2-9348), copyright notice What did I hear goin' on 'round town You tell everybody you're gonna put the kid down Whoa Lawd baby you drivin' me insane You been messin' with the kid, you better not be messin' with the man You know the kid didn't jive, you know the kid didn't play He said what he mean and he meant what he said Whoa Lord now baby you drivin' me insane You been messin' with the kid, you better not be messin' with the man You spendin' my money as it come as a gift I work for my money upon a eight-hour shift Whoa, Lord now, baby you drivin' me insane You been messin' with the kid, you better not be messin' with the man Now anything you want it, when you just say it Didn't the kid buy, the time he got paid Whoa, Lord, baby you drivin' me insane You been messin' with the kid, you better not be messin' with the man You taken the kid's car and you drove it all 'round town You told everybody you're gonna put him down Whoa, Lord, baby you drivin' me insane You been messin' with my kid, you better not be messin' with the man
by Otis Smothers recording 1965 from One More Mile (MCA/Chess CHD2-9348), copyright notice People they're talkin' about you and I What they sayin' I know is a lie The people they're talkin' about me and you I done got tired, I'm gonna talk some too They talk about my dog, they talk about my cat Sayin' my dog can't bark and my cat can't scratch The people they're talkin' about me and you I done got tired, I'm gonna talk some too My dog can bark and my cat can scratch Who started the fire'll have to go out and stop the match The people they're talkin' about me and you I done got tired, I'm gonna talk some too Ain't nobody's business if I bark like a dog Chasin' rats all up and down the hall The people they're talkin' about me and you I done got tired, I'm gonna talk some too
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by Sonny Boy Williamson II (Rice Miller) recording 1972 from , copyright notice Ain't this a pity, people ain't this a cryin' shame Ain't this a pity, people ain't this a cryin' shame Well you know it's nine below zero, she put me down for another man Gave her all of my money, all of my love and everything I gave her all of my money, all of my love and everything Nine below zero, she put me down for another man She lied to me, she didn't tell me everything She lied to me, the woman didn't tell me everything Well you know its nine below zero cousin, she put me down for another man Ain't this a pity, people ain't this a cryin' shame Ain't this a pity, people ain't this a cryin' shame It's nine below zero, she put me down for another man (Well alright!) I'm gonna retire on the delta, layin' out there in the fallin' rain I'm gonna retire on the delta, layin' out there in the fallin' rain You know it's nine below zero people, and my love don't mean a thing
by McKinley Morganfield a.k.a. Muddy Waters recording 1963 from One More Mile (MCA/Chess CHD2-9348), copyright notice Oh you know it has been such a hard hard journey, I don't have to cry no more Keep your light up burnin', so I can know the score I got one more mile, oh you know I only got one more mile to go Oh you know my journey was so hard, but I don't have to worry 'bout you no more Oh you know they tell me that thousands of school kids, every one have a mate The little girl that I love, she the richest in the state I got one more mile, oh you know I only got one more mile to go Oh you know my journey has been so hard, but I don't have to worry 'bout you no more Oh you know I made a mistake for gamblin', I betted my money wrong I was bettin' on my baby, but she weren't even at home I got one more mile, oh you know I got one more mile to go Oh you know it has been such a long journey, but I don't have to cry 'bout you no more
by McKinley Morganfield a.k.a. Muddy Waters recording of 1941 from The Complete Plantation Recordings (Chess/MCA CHD-9344), copyright notice Well I am a rambling kid, I've been rambling all of my days Yes, I am a rambling kid, I've been rambling all of my days Well, you know my baby she want me to stop rambling, so she says she'll change her ways Well, now it ain't no use to you rambling, when your baby don't want you to ramble around Yes, now it ain't no use to you rambling, when your baby don't want you to ramble around Well keep on rambling, she be done drove on out of this town Now I ain't gonna ramble, babe, I ain't gonna ramble no more Yes, I ain't gonna ramble, babe, I ain't gonna ramble no more Well, you know if I keep on a-rambling, I be drifting from door to door Well, now, I'm leaving, I'm leaving baby, no I ain't gonna ramble no more Lord, I'm leaving, I'm leaving baby, no I ain't gonna ramble no more Well, you know I have been rambling around here, lose a woman everywhere I go __________ Note: This song is an Alan Lomax field recording of the Son Sims Four. Before moving on to Chicago, Muddy Waters was a member of this Mississippi Delta group.
by McKinley Morganfield a.k.a. Muddy Waters / Henry "Son" Simms / Percy Thomas / Louis Ford recording of July 24, 1942, Stovall, Mississippi from The Complete Plantation Recordings (Chess/MCA CHD-9344), copyright notice Well I am a ramblin' kid, I been ramblin' all of my days Yes, I am a ramblin' kid, an' I been ramblin' all of my days Well you know my baby, she want me to stop ramblin', so she says she'll change her ways Well now, ain't no use in you ramblin', when your baby don't want you ramblin' 'round Yeah, an ain't no use in you ramblin', when your baby don't want you ramblin' around Well now you know if you keep on ramblin', she be done drove on outta this town No, I ain't gonna ramble, babe, an I ain't gonna ramble no more Yes, I ain't gonna ramble, tried it an I ain't gonna ramble no more Well you know if I keep on a-ramblin', I be driftin' from door to door Blow that thing boy! Play a long time! I feel lowdown this mornin' ? Lord have mercy! (What was she gonna do?) Girl, I'm leavin', I'm leavin' babe No I ain't gonna ramble no more (Later I feel lowdown) Sonny! Girl now I'm leavin', I'm leavin' babe, now I ain't gonna ramble no more Lord, I'm leavin' I'm leavin' (Lord have mercy), child, I ain't gonna ramble no more Well you know I have been ramblin' 'round here, lose a woman ev'rywhere I go __________ Note: track no. 8. This song is an Alan Lomax field recording of the Son Sims Four. Before moving on to Chicago, Muddy Waters was a member of this Mississippi Delta group.
by McKinley Morganfield a.k.a. Muddy Waters recording 19 from Chess Box (Chess 9340), copyright notice Want you to rock me baby, rock me all night long Want you to rock me baby, rock me all night long Well I want you to rock me baby, like my back ain't got no bones Sun goin' down, the moon begin to rise Sun goin' down, the moon begin to rise Well I want you to rock me baby, till you make me satisfied See me comin', run get your rockin' chair See me comin', run get your rockin' chair Well you know I ain't no stranger, you know I used to live right here Want you to roll me, like I roll a wagon wheel Want you to roll me, like I roll a wagon wheel You know I want you to roll me over, you know how good that makes me feel Rock me easy, rock your baby slow Rock me easy, rock your baby slow Well you know I want you to rock me so easy, till I don't wanna rock no more Put your arms around me, like a circle around the sun Put your arms around me, like a circle around the sun I want you to call, call me daddy, let me lay down in your arms
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