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Hi-hi Hi-hi-hi-i Hi-hi-hi-i Hi-hi-hi-hi-i Got to lay down and die If you should see my heifer Will you please, please, please, please Drive her home? If you see my heifer Will you please, please, please Drive her home? 'Cause I've had no milk an butter Since my calf been born Lord, I wring me hand An I declare, I just wanted to scream I wring my hand An I 'clare, I wanted to scream But when I woke up I was glad That it was all a dream I am stealin', I am stealin' I'm stealin', please don't you tell on me I am stealin', I am stealin' An please don't you tell on me I'm stealin' from my reg'lar Back to my old used to be Lord, I walked the levee I done walked it from end to end You all, walked the levee And I walked it from end to - An I was just tryin' to find My little cow, again Lord, I hollered, 'Ho-ho-hey' Hi-hi-hi-hi-hi Hollered, hi-hi-hi Hi-hi-hi, hi-hi You know ev'ry little cow and calf They got to lay down an die. (piano to end) ~ |
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I'd rather be the devil, to be that woman man1
I'd rather be the devil, to be that woman man Aw, nothin' but the devil, changed my baby's mind Was nothin' but the devil, changed my baby's mind I laid down last night, laid down last night I laid down last night, tried to take my rest My mind got to ramblin', like a wild geese From the west, from the west The woman I love, woman that I loved Woman I loved, took her from my best friend But he got lucky, stoled her back again And he got lucky, stoled her back again "... The devil was stronger than I was, an' he did have, and is got now, a certain amount of power... And he lives in hell, and that's where he haves his part. And God give him a certain amount of time to be on the earth, in the bowels, persuadin' people... He still have agencies out. Everywhere you've been. And then he's a man don't never sleep. he never get offa his job or duty, That is, you can lay down happy at night, you and your companion... and in harmony. Everything goin' well. Satan'll creep in the house overnight... next mornin' you cannot get a good word out of her. Why?. Because satan has got the bill of sale over her. He done crept in overnight |
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Oh, Mr. Crest, Mr. Crest How in the world you Expect for me to rest? Oh, Mr. Crest, Mr. Crest How in the world you Expect for me to rest? You've got my 22-20 Layin' up across my breast Oh, if I send for my baby An she act a fool An she don't never come If I send for my baby She act a fool An she don't never come All the doctors in New York City I declare, they can't help her none You know, sometimes she gets unruly An she act like she just don't wanna do Sometimes she gets unruly An she act like she just don't wanna - But I get my 22-20 I cut that woman half in two Oh, your.38 Special Buddy, it's most too light Your .38 Special Buddy, it's most too light But my 22-20 Will make ev'rything, alright Ah-or, your .44-40 Buddy, it'll do very well Your .44-40 Buddy, it'll do very well But my .22-20 I declare you, it's a-burnin' hell I was stranded on the highway-hi With my 22-20 in my - I was standin' on the highway With my 22-20 in my - They got me 'cussed for murder I declare, I never have harmed a man Lord, oh I measured my gun An it's just a-long as my right arm I measured my gun An it's just a-long as my right - I'm gon' raise me some sand And back down the road, I declare. ~ |
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I would rather, be a little catfish
So I could swim way down In the sea-ee I would have somebody, somebody Settin' out hooks for me Settin' out a hook for me A hook for You know I went To my baby's house She told me to sit down On her step 'Sir, you can come right on in Because my Husband just now left He just now left He just now An I, asked my baby To let me sit down 'Side her bed Turn on yo' heater, baby 'Till it turn cherry red Cherry red Red an cherry red That's the reason I rather Be a little catfish So I could swim way down In the sea-ee I would have netted Some of these women Settin' out a line for me Settin' out their line for me A line for You know I went To the church house And they called on Me to pray-ay I got down on my knees But I didn't, no Have no word to say Not a word to say No word to say That's the reason I rather Be a little catfish So I could swim Way down in the sea-ee I would have somebody, somebody Settin' out a line for me Settin' out a line for me A line for I don't wanna Be no tadpole And I don't want ta be No bullfrog An if I can't be Be your catfish I won't swim at all No, I won't swim at all No, swim at That's the reason I want ta Be a little catfish So I could swim way down In the sea-ee I would have these goodlookin' women Settin' out a hook for me Settin' out a hook for me A hook for. |
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I wonder has anybody here
Seen my lovin' Lorenzo, today? I wonder has anybody here Seen my lovin' Lorenzo, today? You know, we had a nice time Christmas But she left me on New Year's Day Oh, you got to know her When you see her 'Cause she's so different From any other girl Oh, you've got to know her When you see her From any other girl Because she's made up Like a Coke-Cola bottle An she got a likeness It's outta this world, alright You know, she's stutters in her speech An she wiggle and she wobble When she walk She's stuttered in her speech An she wiggle an a-wobble When she walk Yes, an she got three gold teeth An she got deep dimples in her jaw, yeah I say, 'Hello, Lorenzo, Lorenzo How in the world come you treat me this-a-way?' I say, 'Lorenzo, Lorenzo How in the world come you treat me this-a-way?' Darling, you know that you was gonna leave me But you didn't tell me you was goin' to stay Now, if I can make a half a million I declare, I'm 'on give it all, to the hoodoo man I declare, if I can make a half a million I'm 'on give it all, to the hoodoo man Just after he promise me that he will Bring my lovin' Lorenzo, back home to me, again An I want her back ho-oh-ome, to me again. ~ |
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Oh love, ooh love Oh, careless love Yes, oh love, oh love Oh, careless love Oh love oh, oh love Oh love, oh, careless - How can't you see What careless love, have done? And it have caused me to weep And to - It done caused me to weep And to moan It done caused me to weep An it caused me to moan You know that love done caused Me to leave my happy home Oh love'll lie Oh love, just Oh love, oh Oh, love'll die Ooh, love Oh love, oh careless - Now you can see me What a careless love have - My mother, she told me When I was a child My mother, told me When I was a child My mother, she told me She told me When I was a child 'These old, battleaxe women Son, gon' run you wild' Then I said, 'That's the reason' Oh careless love' Oh, love Oh love Oh, careless love Oh, love'll lie Oh love, oh love Oh careless - Yeah you, can't you see What it have done? Yes, my mama She used to kneel an pray Oh, my mama She used to kneel an she'd pray An I b'lieve I heard her say 'Oh Lord, will you see my child, today And you see what this careless love Done causin?' And you can just see, now What a careless love have done Now, you can just see What careless love have done An you now, you can s- You can You can just see What careless love have done An you know it done 'Caused me to do a lot of things wrong An that caused me to Leave my happy home. ~ |
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