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by Chuck
Willis
recording of 1998
from Sacred
Island (Private Music 82165),
copyright
notice
Betty told Dupree she wanna diamond ring
Betty told Dupree she wanna diamond ring
Dupree told Betty: Baby, I'll buy you anything
Dupree told Betty: Baby, won't you be my wife
Dupree told Betty: Baby, won't you be my wife
She said, "I'm yours, I'm yours, I'm yours, for the rest of
my life"
Put your arms around me, baby, honey, like a circle around
the sun
Put your arms around me, baby, like a circle around the
sun
Put your big strong arms around my waist, let it slide down
on the one
Love me, baby, love me to the bone
Won't you love me, baby, honey, love me deep down in my
bones
I will love you so good, that you can't stand to leave me
alone
Kiss me, baby, right on my ruby lips
Kiss me, baby, honey, on my ruby lips
Put your big strong arms around my waist, and let it slide
down on my hips
Yeah, yeah, Betty told Dupree, she wanna diamond ring
Betty told Dupree, she wanna diamond ring
And Dupree said: Betty, I'm gonna buy you anything
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by Taj
Mahal
recording of probably 1972
from various albums listed here,
copyright
notice
I had the blues, so bad one time it put my face in a
permanent frown
You know I'm feeling so much better, I could
cakewalk1 into town
Honey, I woke up this mornin' feelin' so good, you know I
laid back down again
Throw your big leg over me mama, I might not feel this good
again
My baby, my baby, I do love the way she walks
And when my woman gets sleepy, I love the way she
baby-talks
My work is getting scarce, oh baby, my work it done got
hard,
I spend my whole day stealin' chickens Honey from the rich
folks yard
I would love to take a picnic in the country and stay all
day
I wouldn't do nothing but while my blues away
I had the blues so bad one time it put my face in a
permanent frown
You know I'm feelin' so much better I could cakewalk into
town
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Note: special thanks to, once again, Tweedbullet and Shell
over at Taj-mo-roots and her sister who worked the lyrics
out on the phone way out west (Hawaii);
Note 1: cakewalk, a black American entertainment having a
cake as prize for the most accomplished steps and figures in
walking. Also, a stage dance developed from walking steps
and figures typically involving a high prance with backward
tilt. It is also used to indicate a one-sided contest or an
easy task.
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by Robert
Johnson
recording of 1995
from An
Evening of Acoustic Music (Traditional & Moderne/Topic
004 or A&M 161344),
copyright
notice
The woman I love, I took from my best friend
Some joker got lucky, stole her back again
You better come on in my kitchen, it's goin' to be rainin'
outdoors
When a woman gets in trouble, everybody throws her down
Looking for a good friend, none can be found
And the time's comin', it's goin' to be so
You can't make the winter, babe, just try long so
Top
by Jesse
Ed Davis / Taj
Mahal
recording of 19
from Taj
Mahal 1980 (Just A Memory Record
3) & In
Progress & In Motion (1965-1998) (Columbia/Legacy
64919), copyright
notice
I got a bird what whistles, baby got a bird
Honey got a bird ... it would sing, baby got a bird
Honey got a bird ... it would sing
Without my Corrina, sure don't mean ..., sure don't mean a
natural thing
I learned to love you baby, honey for I call
Baby for I call your name, baby for I call
Honey for I call your name, I love you Corrina
It sure don't mean, it sure don't mean a natural thing
Have mercy, have mercy, baby on my hard luck
Honey on my hard luck soul, baby on my hard luck
Honey on my hard luck soul
I got a rainbow round my shoulder
Looks like silver, shines like Klondike1 gold
Well I love you honey, honey tell the world, baby tell the
world I do
Honey tell the world I do, baby tell the world I do
Ain't no woman in fourteen counties, love me baby like the
way I do
I got a bird what whistles, baby got a bird
Honey got a bird ... it would sing, baby got a bird
Honey got a bird ... it would sing
Without Corrina, sure don't mean, sure don't mean a natural
thing
Corrina, Corrina, Corrina
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Note: ... , missing parts. If you can fill in these parts
please let me
know;
Note 1: Klondike, river in Alaska. Late in the 1890's gold
was discovered in the Klondike river which started the
Alaskan gold rush, the second great U.S. gold rush after the
California gold rush of the 1840's.
Top
by Henry
Thomas
recording of 1992
from Taj's
Blues (Columbia/Legacy CK-52465),
copyright
notice
Betcha goin' fishin' all of your time, baby's goin' fishing
too
Bet your life, your sweet life, catch more fish than you
Many fish bites if ya got good bait
Here's a little tip I would like to relate
Big fish bites if ya got a good bait
I 'a goin' fishin'
Yes, I'm goin' fishin'
And my baby's goin' fishin' too
I went down to my favorite fishin' hole
Baby grabbed me a pole and line
Throw my pole on in
Caught a nine pound catfish
now I brought him on home for supper time
Big fish bites if ya got a good bait
I'a goin' fishin'
Yes, I'm goin' fishin'
And my baby's goin' fishin' too
Baby brother 'bout to run me outta my mind
Say can I go fishin' wit' you?
I took him on down to the fishin' hole
now what do you think he did do?
Pulled a great big fish outta the bottom of the pond
And he laughed and jumped 'cause he was real gone
Big fish bites if ya got a good bait
I'a goin' fishin'
Yes, I'm goin' fishin'
And my baby's goin' fishin' too
Put 'em in the pot baby, put 'em in the pan
Honey cook 'em till' they're nice and brown
Make a batch of buttermilk coal cakes mama
And you chew them things
And you chomp 'em on down
Big fish bites if ya got a good bait
I'a goin' fishin'
Yes, I'm goin' fishin'
And my baby's goin' fishin' too
Betcha goin' fishin' all of your time, baby's goin' fishing
too
Bet your life, your sweet life, catch more fish than you
Many fish bites if ya got good bait
Here's a little tip I would like to relate
Big fish bites if ya got a good bait
I'a goin' fishin'
Yes, I'm goin' fishin'
And my baby's goin' fishin' too
Top
traditional / Blind
Willie Johnson
recording of 19
from Blue
Light Boogie (Private Music
82173), copyright
notice
Who's that a-writin'? John the Revelator!
Who's that a-writin'? John the Revelator!
Who's that a-writin'? John the Revelator!
Hey, the book of the seven seals
What's John a-writin'? About the revelation?
Hey, book of the seven seals
Well, I who or who would I be, thousands cried of holy
Found the fountain, son of our bible God
Daughter of Zion, Judah the lion
He redeemeth and he bought us with blood
John the Revelator, great advocator
Gets'em on the battle of Zion
Lord, tellin' the story, risin' in glory
Cried, "Lord, don't you love"
Well, Moses to Moses, watchin' the flock
Saw the bush, well, he had to stop
God told Moses, "Pull off your shoes"
I let the flock go, well, you I choose
Top
by Taj
Mahal
recording of 1996
from Phantom
Blues (Private Music 82139),
copyright
notice
Look here baby now you know I can, be the one to be your
man
Baby now you know I'd do, anything in the world for you
To have lovin' from my baby's eyes, oh lovin' from my baby's
eyes
See the lovin' in my baby's eyes, lovin' from my baby's
eyes
Look here baby now you know darn well, love you better than
another man could tell
Love you baby now you know I'd do, anything in the world for
you
To have lovin' from my baby's eyes, oh lovin' from my baby's
eyes
See the lovin' in my baby's eyes, lovin' from my baby's
eyes
Late at night when I take my rest, oh I hold your picture to
my breast
Love you baby now you know I'd do, anything in the world for
you
To have lovin' from my baby's eyes, oh lovin' from my baby's
eyes
See the lovin' in my baby's eyes, lovin' from my baby's
eyes
Love ya baby. love ya baby, mama now you know I do
Love ya baby, love ya baby, do anything for you
Late at night when I take my rest, oh I hold you picture to
my breast
Love you Mama now you know I'd do, anything in the world for
you
To have lovin' from my baby's eyes, oh lovin' from my baby's
eyes
See that lovin in my baby's eyes, lovin' from my baby's
eyes
Give me that magic in my baby's eyes, lovin' in my baby's
eyes
Give me that lovin' from my baby's eyes, lovin' from my
baby's eyes
Top
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Gonna
Move Up The Country
(Paint My Mailbox
Blues)
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soundclip
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by Taj
Mahal
recording of 19
from , copyright
notice
Gonna move up to the country, paint my mailbox blue
Gonna move up to the country, paint my mailbox blue
Gonna put some flowers on it, paint some trailin' vines and
do
I'm leavin' L.A. mama, you know that smog has got me
down
I'm leavin' LA mama, you know that smog has got me down
I'm movin' to 'Virginia, where there ain't nobody else
around
Come here baby, let daddy take you by your hand
Come here baby, let daddy take you by your hand
You'll be my woman, I'll be your city boy country man
Gonna move up to the country, paint my mailbox blue
Gonna move up to the country, paint my mailbox blue
Gonna put some flowers on it, paint some trailin' vines and
do
Gonna move up to the country.....
Top
by Taj
Mahal
recording of 1997
from Señor
Blues (Private Music 82151),
copyright
notice
Sweeter than a honey bee, yeah, baby been sweet on me
Sweeter than a honey bee, yeah, my queen bee
Oh she rock to my soul, mama love me to my soul
Love me to my soul, oh she rock me to my soul
She's a strutter,
she can shake it some yeah, oh watch her now look at her
run
A strutter, she can shake it some, oh dancing having fun
She love me to my soul, oh she love me to my soul
Oh love me to my soul oh rock me to my soul
Honey in the honey pot and, your pot is hot
Honey in the honey pot and the pot is what you got
To lova rocka rocka me to my soul
Oh love me to my soul, rock me to my soul
Oh love me to my soul, rock me to my soul
Baby won't you come by me yeah, spare me this misery
Sugar won't you come by me, oh I know you'll agree, 'gree,
'gree, 'gree
To love me to my soul, oh to rock me to my soul
Ooh rock me to my soul, oh rock me to my soul
Sweeter than a honey bee oh, baby been sweet on me
Sweeter than a honey bee oh, my queen bee
Oh she rock me to my soul, oh rock me to my soul
Oh she rock me to my soul, oh rock me to my soul
These songs were made for lovers
Lovers and lovers and lovers and lovers and lovers
And lovers and lovers and lovers, And lovers and lovers
My soul, my soul
Queen bee
Queen
Top
by Horace
Silver
recording of 1997
from Señor
Blues (Private Music 82151),
copyright
notice
Senor Blues is what they call him, way down Mexicali way
Senoritas fallin' for him, with the hope that he will
stay
By the time that they love him, Senor Blues done gone
away
Well he's tall and good lookin' and he always knows just
what to say
Yes he's tall and good lookin' and he always knows just what
to say
By the time that they love him, Senor Blues done gone
away
Top
by Taj
Mahal / Rachel
recording of 1992
from In
Progress & In Motion (1965-1998) (Columbia/Legacy
64919), copyright
notice
She caught the Katy1, and left me a
mule2 to ride
She caught the Katy, and left me a mule to ride
My baby caught the Katy, left me a mule to ride
The train pulled out, and I swung on behind
I'm crazy 'bout her, that hardheaded woman of mine
Man my baby's long, great god she's mighty, she's tall
You know my baby's long, great god she's mighty, my baby
she's tall
Well my baby she's long, my baby she's tall
She sleeps with her head in the kitchen and her big feet out
in the hall
And I'm still crazy 'bout her, that hardheaded woman of
mine
Well I love my baby, she's so fine
I wish she'd come and see me some time
If you don't believe I love her, look what a hole I'm in
If you don't believe I'm sinking, look what a shape I'm
in
She caught the Katy, and left me a mule to ride
She caught the Katy, and left me a mule to ride
Well my baby caught the Katy, left me a mule to ride
The train pulled out, and I swung on behind
I'm crazy 'bout her, that hardheaded woman, hardheaded woman
of mine
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Note 1: Katy, or KT, which stands for Kansan and Texas
Railroad (K&T);
Note 2: mule, refers to a slower moving, local train. Actual
meaning of mule: a hybrid between a horse and a donkey, in
particular the offspring of a male donkey and a mare. In
this case it's metaphor for a slow transport.
Top
by Blind
Willie McTell
recording of 1992
from Taj's
Blues (Columbia/Legacy CK-52465),
copyright
notice
(Here we go, Statesboro Blues, take one:)
One, two, three, four!
Wake up, mama, turn your lamp down low
Wake up, mama, now, turn your lamp down low
Have you got the nerve to hide (drive) Willie McTell from
your door?
You know I woke up in the mornin', now, I had them
Statesboro Blues
I woke up this morning now, I had them Statesboro Blues
I looked over in the corner, grandma and grandpa had 'em
too
Mama got 'em, papa got 'em, sister got 'em, everybody got
'em
I'm goin' to the country, mama do you wanna go?
If I can't take you, I believe I'll take three or four
more
Mama died and left me reckless, papa died and left me wild,
wild, wild
Mama died and left me reckless, papa died and left me
wild
Ya know I ain't good lookin', but I'll stumble on a sweet
angel-child
(Alt. lyric : "I'm gonna find me a sweet angel-child")
Mama got 'em, (doncha know ?), papa got 'em, sister got 'em,
everybody got 'em
I'm goin' to the country, mama do you wanna go ?
If I can't take you, I believe I'll take three or four
more
Wake up, mama, turn your lamp down low
Wake up, mama, now, turn your lamp down low
Have you got the nerve to hide (drive) Willie McTell from
your door ?
Top
by Carole
King / Gerry
Goffin
recording of 1969
from Giant
Step (Columbia CGK-18) &
Giant
Step/De Ole Folks at Home (Columbia
18) & Live
& Direct (Thunderbolt 121),
copyright
notice
Though you failed at love and lost
And sorrow's turned your heart to frost
I will mend your heart again
Remember the feeling as a child
When you woke up and morning smiled
Its time its time its time you felt like that again
There is just no percentage in remembering the past
Its time you learned to live again and love at last
Come with me leave your yesterday your yesterday behind
And take a giant step outside your mind
You stare at me with disbelief
You say for you there's no relief
But girl I swear it won't do you no harm
Don't sit there in your lonely room
Just looking back inside that gloom
Mama that's not were you belong
Come with me I'll take you where the taste of life is
green
N' Everyday everyday hold on woman just got to be seen
Come with me leave your yesterday your yesterday behind
And take a giant step outside your mind
Though you failed at love and lost
And sorrow's turned your heart to frost
I will mend your heart again
Remember the feeling as a child
When you woke up and morning smiled
Its time its time its time you felt like that again
There is just no percentage in remembering the past
Its time you learned to live again and love at last
Come with me leave your yesterday your yesterday behind
And take a giant step outside your mind
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You're
Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond
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by Greene / C. Montgomery
recording of 1969
from Giant
Step (Columbia CGK-18) &
Giant
Step/De Ole Folks at Home (Columbia
18), copyright
notice
You're gonna need somebody on your bond child
You're gonna need somebody on your bond
When it's late 'round midnight and old man death comes
slippin' into the room
You're gonna need somebody on your bond
You take Mary and Martha standin' up in the hillside
Mary explainin' to Martha, "Darlin', look at the river deep
and the water wide"
Here comes ole Moses, faithful Moses carryin' big ole stones
up the hill
Tellin' everybody they're gonna need somebody on their
bond
Whoa, you take Maivus Staples and ole Corn Cheevers(?),
they got the good side on their bond
Oh I been listen to the music people ever since the day I
was born
My momma raised me in a room across from the church by the
tree,
and that sweet gospel music, oh how it used to comfort
me
Tellin' everybody they're gonna need somebody on their
bond
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