Little Anna Mae

soundclip

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

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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.