Mean Red Spider

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by McKinley Morganfield a.k.a. Muddy Waters
recording 1948
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

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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.