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| 2. |
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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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You know the gypsy woman told me that you your mother's bad-luck child
You know the gypsy woman told me that you your mother's bad-luck child Well, you're having a good time now, but that'll be trouble after while Well, you know I went to a gypsy woman to have my fortune told She say, "You better go back home son and peep through your, your key hole" You know the gypsy woman told me that you your mother's bad-luck child Well, you're having a good time now, but that'll be trouble after while Well, now, you know I went back home, I took the gypsy woman as she said I peeped through my keyhole and there was another man laying in my bed You know the gypsy woman told me that you your mother's bad-luck child Well, you're having a good time now, but that'll be trouble after while |
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| 2:53 |
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| 2:36 |
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I got a kindhearted woman, do anything in this world for me
I got a kindhearted woman, do anything in this world for me But these evil-hearted women, man, they will not let me be I love my baby, my baby don't love me I love my baby, ooooh, my baby don't love me But I really love that woman, can't stand to leave her be Ain't but the one thing, makes Mister Johnson drink I's worried about2 how you treat me, baby, I begin to think Oh babe, my life don't feel the same You breaks my heart, when you call Mister So-and-So's name She's a kindhearted woman, she studies evil all the time She's a kindhearted woman, she studies evil all the time You well's to kill me, as to have it on your mind |
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| 7. |
| 2:36 |
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Let me tell you people a low down thing or two
I just can't stand that old evil way she do She gonna miss me, yeah, you're gonna miss me You're gonna miss me baby, when I'm dead and gone Came home this mornin', she wouldn't let me in She said, "Go away baby, I got too many friends" You're gonna miss me, yeah, you're gonna miss me You're gonna miss me baby, when I'm dead and gone Hard to love a woman when the woman don't love you She'll treat you so low down 'n' dirty, 'till you won't know what to do You're gonna miss me, hey, you're gonna miss me baby You're gonna miss me woman, when I'm dead and gone Well, bye-bye baby, I hope we meet again You won't be so evil when you won't have too many men You're gonna miss me baby, yeah, you're gonna miss me Yeah, you're gonna miss me woman, when I'm dead and gone |
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| 2:17 |
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| 9. |
| 2:28 |
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| 10. |
| 2:35 |
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| 11. |
| 2:43 |
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| 12. |
| 2:35 |
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| 13. |
| 2:43 |
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Well I'm goin' away to leave
Won't be back no more Goin' back down south, child Don't you want to go? Woman I'm troubled, I be all worried in mind Well baby I just can't be satisfied And I just can't keep from cryin'. Well I feel like snappin' Pistol in your face I'm gonna let some graveyard Lord be your resting place Woman I'm troubled, I be all worried in mind Well baby I can never be satisfied And I just can't keep from cryin'. Well now all in my sleep Hear my doorbell ring Looking for my baby I couldn't see not a doggone thing Woman I was troubled, I was all worried in mind Well honey I could never be satisfied And I just couldn't keep from cryin'. Well I know my little old baby She gonna jump and shout That old train be late man, Lord And I come walking out I be troubled, I be all worried in mind Well honey ain't no way in the world could we be satisfied And I just can't keep from crying. |
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| 3:10 |
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| 15. |
| 2:47 |
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| 16. |
| 2:17 |
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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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| 3:18 |
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Well I've been workin' on the high line, baby, all day and night
Yes, I've been workin' on the high line, baby, all day and night I got a streamline woman. She makes my electro kick off right Well now, if you want to be my little girl, You said you really wanna be in the mood You'd mind me to so proper, when you're blue Child I've been workin' on the high line, baby, all day and night You know you're my streamline woman. You make my electro kick off right What kind of woman is that? All right, man Well now, you know I want you to pull down your windows, baby Pull down your window blinds, so your next door neighbor, little girl Won't hear that old troubadour whine |
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| 2:44 |
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Hello canary bird, this is a letter home
Hello canary bird, this is a letter home Well you know I want you to fly the whole world over And find how my baby been gettin' along Well canary bird, when you get to Clarksdale Please fly down on Second Street Yes canary bird when you get to Clarksdale Please fly down on Second Street Well you know I don't want you to stop flyin' Until you take the letter out to Stovall for me Fly on, canary bird, fly on! On your way back home, please stop by Memphis a while Yes on your way back home, please stop by Memphis a while Well canary bird I want you to stroll down Beale Street And see can you see my little old angel child |
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| 2:35 |
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| 20. |
| 3:06 |
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Screamin' and cryin', thinkin' 'bout my past life to gone
Screamin' and cryin', thinkin' 'bout my past life to gone Well you know, I used to have a sweet little mother You know I had such a happy home Screamin' and cryin', thinkin' about the time I've been Screamin' and cryin', thinkin' about the time I've been Well you know, I used to have seven wives Well you know, I had twenty girl friends Screamin' and cryin', wonderin' where my people gone Screamin' and cryin', wonderin' where my people gone Well you know, I feel my poor self sinkin' down Well you know, I can't last very long Screamin' and cryin', wonderin' where my people gone Screamin' and cryin', wonderin' where my people gone Well you know, I feel my poor self sinkin' down Well you know, I can't last very long |
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| 3:07 |
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| 22. |
| 2:35 |
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| 23. |
| 2:47 |
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I was standing in my kitchen,
Looking way out 'cross the field. Yes, I was standing in my kitchen, Looking way out 'cross the field. I thought I heard, I thought I heard, My little Geneva call me. Well I was standing at my window, Watching the rain begin to fall. Yes, I was standing at my window, Watching the rain begin to fall. I want to see Geneva so bad this morning, Man, she heals my all in all. Alright, Geneva Yes, I was standing in my door, Watching the sun go behind a tree. Yes, I was standing in my door, Watching the sun go behind a tree. I want to see Geneva so bad, so bad, Right now I'm on my bended knee. |
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| 5:58 |
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Well, I rolled and I tumbled, cried the whole night long
Well, I rolled and I tumbled, cried the whole night long Well, I woke up this mornin', didn't know right from wrong Well, I told my baby, before I left that town Well, I told my baby, before I left that town Well, don't you let nobody, tear my barrel house down Well, if the river was whiskey, and I was a divin' duck Well, if the river was whiskey, and I was a divin' duck Well, I would dive to the bottom, never would I come up Well, I could a had a religion, this bad old thing instead Well, I could a had a religion, this bad old thing instead Well, all whiskey and women, would not let me pray |
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| 5:28 |
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| 3:07 |
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| 2. |
| 3:02 |
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I got a letter, this is the way it read
I got a letter, this is the way it read It says, hurry home Tampa the gal you love is dead I went to the station but that southbound train had gone I went to the station but that southbound train had gone I hung my head and I began to mourn She wasn't dead but she was very 'lone She wasn't dead but she was very 'lone I heard her when she whispered, “Tampa look like I'm booked to go” I followed my baby to the burial ground I followed my baby to the burial ground An' I watched the paul bearer slowly let her down I know I would never see her smilin' face again I know I would never see her smilin' face again But I will always remember she sure has been my friend |
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| 3:09 |
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| 4. |
| 2:49 |
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| 5. |
| 3:00 |
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| 6. |
| 3:07 |
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| 2:58 |
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Woke up this morning, feel 'round for my shoes,
You know 'bout that babe, had them old walkin' blues. Woke up this morning, I feel 'round for my shoes, You know 'bout that babe, Lord, I had them old walkin' blues. Leavin' this morning, I had to go ride the blinds. I've been mistreated, don't mind dying. This morning, I had to go ride the blinds, I've been mistreated, Lord, I don't mind dying. People tell me walkin' blues ain't bad; Worst old feeling I most ever had. People tell me the old walkin' blues ain't bad. Well it's the worst old feeling, Lord, I most ever had. |
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| 2:54 |
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I'm goin' down in Louisiana,
Baby, behind the sun. I'm goin' down in Louisiana, Baby, behind the sun. Well, you know I just found out My trouble just begun. |
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| 2:13 |
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| 10. |
| 2:41 |
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McKinley Morganfield a.k.a. Muddy Waters 19
from probably Chess Box (Chess 9340) 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 |
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| 3:22 |
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McKinley Morganfield a.k.a. Muddy Waters recording 1954 from probably The Chess Box (MCA 80002) Sail on, sail on my little honey bee, sail on Sail on, sail on my little honey bee, sail on You gonna keep on sailing till you lose your happy home Sail on, sail on my little honey bee, sail on Sail on, sail on my little honey bee, sail on I don't mind you sailing, but please don't sail so long All right little honey bee I hear a lotta buzzing, sound like my little honey bee I hear a lotta buzzing, sound like my little honey bee She been all around the world making honey But now she is coming back home to me |
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| 2:58 |
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She moves me man, honey and I don't see how its done
She gotta pocket full of money, little doll don't try to help me though She move me when she get drunk, then she say I'm not nowhere She call me a dumbbell, she tells me I'm nothing but a square She moves me man, honey and I don't see how its done She got a pocket full of money, the little girl don't try to help me though (What kinda woman is that?) She move a crazy man, who say now I'm not so dumb I take her to a funeral boy, the dead jumped up to run She look at a deaf and dumb boy, said now I can speak She shook her finger in a blind man's face, once I was blind but now I see She moves me man, honey and I don't see how its done She gotta pocket full of money, the little girl don't try to help me though |
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Well, now, there's two, there's two trains running
Well, they ain't never, no, going my way Well, now, one run at midnight and the other one, running just 'fore day, it's running just 'fore day, it's running just 'fore day Oh Lord. sure 'nough they is Oh well Mm mm, ho ho ho, somebody help me, ho, with these blues Well, now, she's the one I'm loving, she's the one I do hate to lose, I do hate to lose, I do hate to lose Oh Lord, sure 'nough I do Oh well I been crazy; yes, I been a fool, I been crazy, oh, all of my life Well I done fell in love with a, with another man's wife, with another man's wife, with another man's wife Oh Lord, sure 'nough I done Oh well Lord, she's so long and tall, till she weep like a willow tree Well, now, they say she's no good, but she's all right, she's all right with me, she's all right, she's all right, she's all right, she's all right |
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| 2:49 |
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You know the girl you love she don't treat you right sometimes
You know the girl you love she don't treat you right sometimes Well, that's the stuff you gotta watch because your girl is a liar. You know, the girl you love stays out all night long, Yeah, the girl you love, she stays out all night long. That's the stuff you gotta watch because your girl's treatin' you wrong. I need my hat, go get my coat, Uncle Zak found out baby you don't want it anymore. That's the stuff you gotta watch That's the stuff you gotta watch That's the stuff you gotta watch if you don't wanna lose your girl. You know the girl's no good but don't you make no change. Oh, the girl's no good but don't you make no change. That's the stuff you gotta watch 'cause you're justified all the same. She spends your dough, she drinks your gin And if she rode round the corner then she's ready to go within. That's the stuff you gotta watch That's the stuff you gotta watch That's the stuff you gotta watch if you don't wanna lose your girl. Well, that's the stuff you gotta watch if you don't wanna lose your girl. Yeah, that's the stuff you gotta watch if you don't wanna lose your girl. Well, that's the stuff you gotta watch if you don't wanna lose your girl. |
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| 3:22 |
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Oh, baby, look how you got me standin' around cyin'
Oh, baby, look how you got me standin' around cyin' I know I don't love you, little girl, but, your always restin' on my mind Oh baby, I ain't gonna be ridin' ya around in my automobile Oh baby, I ain't gonna be ridin' ya around in my automobile You got so many men, that I'm afraid you may get me killed Oh baby, you ain't nothin' like you used to be Oh no, don't get me killed, honey Oh baby, you ain't nothin' like you used to be When I was deep in love with you little girl, you was just sweet as an apple on a tree |
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| 2:40 |
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| 3:17 |
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Baby, please don't go
Baby, please don't go Baby, please don't go, down to New Orleans You know I love you so Before I be your dog Before I be your dog Before I be your dog I get you way'd out here, and let you walk alone Turn your lamp down low Turn your lamp down low Turn your lamp down low I beg you all night long, baby, please don't go You brought me way down here You brought me way down here You brought me way down here 'bout to Rolling Forks, you treat me like a dog Baby, please don't go Baby, please don't go Baby, please don't go, back the New Orleans I beg you all night long Before I be your dog Before I be your dog Before I be your dog I get you way'd out here, and let you walk alone You know your man down gone You know your man down gone You know your man down gone To the country farm, with all the shackles on |
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Yeah when the sun rose this mornin', I didn't have my baby by my side
Well when the sun rose this mornin', I didn't have my woman by my side Well I didn't know where she was, she's out with another guy And don't the sun look lonesome? She headed down the highway Ya know the sun looks so lonesome, settin' down behind the trees Well don't the heart look lonesome? When your baby find someone else Well blow wind, blow wind, blow my baby back to me Yeah, blow wind, blow wind, blow my baby back to me Well you know if I don't soon find my pine top, my heart's gonna be in misery Well goodbye bab-ay, I ain't got no more to say Yeah, goodbye, goodbye, I ain't got no more to say Well you know, I know you don't love me, go ahead and have your way |
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| 3:04 |
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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 house stand on my head I want you to love me, till the house stand on my head I want you to love me baby, till you know I wish that I was dead |
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The gypsy woman told my mother
Before I was born I got a boy child's coming He's gonna be a son of a gun He gonna make pretty womens Jump and shout Then the world wanna know What this all about 'Cause you know I'm here Everybody knows I'm here Yeah, you know I'm a hoochie coochie man Everybody knows I'm here I got a black cat bone I got a mojo too I got the Johnny Concheroo I'm gonna mess with you I'm gonna make you girls Lead me by my hand Then the world'll know The hoochie coochie man But you know I'm here Everybody knows I'm here Yeah, you know I'm a hoochie coochie man Everybody knows I'm here On the seventh hours On the seventh day On the seventh month The seven doctors said He was born for good luck And that you'll see I got seven hundred dollars Don't you mess with me But you know I'm here Everybody knows I'm here Yeah, you know I'm a hoochie coochie man Everybody knows I'm here |
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| 2:47 |
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The gypsy woman told my mother
Before I was born I got a boy child's coming He's gonna be a son of a gun He gonna make pretty womens Jump and shout Then the world wanna know What this all about 'Cause you know I'm here Everybody knows I'm here Yeah, you know I'm a hoochie coochie man Everybody knows I'm here I got a black cat bone I got a mojo too I got the Johnny Concheroo I'm gonna mess with you I'm gonna make you girls Lead me by my hand Then the world'll know The hoochie coochie man But you know I'm here Everybody knows I'm here Yeah, you know I'm a hoochie coochie man Everybody knows I'm here On the seventh hours On the seventh day On the seventh month The seven doctors said He was born for good luck And that you'll see I got seven hundred dollars Don't you mess with me But you know I'm here Everybody knows I'm here Yeah, you know I'm a hoochie coochie man Everybody knows I'm here |
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I don't want you to be no slave
I don't want you to work all day I don't want you to be true I just want to make love to you I don't want you to wash my clothes I don't want you to keep my home I don't want your money too I just want to make love to you Well I can see by the way that you switch and walk And I can tell by the way that you baby talk And I know by the way that you treat your man I wanna love you baby, it's a cryin' shame I don't want you to bake my bread I don't want you to make my bed I don't want you cause I'm sad and blue I just want to make love to you |
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| 3:04 |
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I'm ready... ready as anybody can be
I'm ready... ready as anybody can be Now I'm ready for you I hope you're ready for me I got an axe handle pistol on a graveyard frame That shoot tombstone bullets... wearin' balls and chain I'm drinkin' TNT... I'm smokin' dynamite I hope some screwball start a fight 'Cause I'm ready... ready as anybody can be I'm ready for you... I hope you're ready for me All you pretty little chicks with your pretty little hair I know you feels like I ain't nowhere But stop what your doin' baby come overhere I'll prove to you baby... that I ain't no square Because I'm ready... ready as anybody can be Now I'm ready for you... I hope you're ready for me I been drinkin' gin like never before I feel so good... I want you to know One more drink... I wish you would I takes a whole lotta lovin' to make me feel good 'Cause I'm ready... ready as anybody can be Now I'm ready for you... I hope you're ready for me |
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