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You C C Rider, see what you done done C C Rider, you see what you done done You C C Rider, you see what you done done You done made me love you and now your man done come My home is on the water, I don’t like no land at all Home’s on [...]
When I was born into this world, this is what happened to me I was never called a man, and now I’m fifty-three I wonder when I wonder when I wonder when will I get to be called a man Do I have to wait till I get ninety-three? When Uncle Sam called me, I [...]
Early early one morning, water was comin’ in my door Early one morning, water was comin’ in my door It was the old high(?) river, tellin’ us to get ready and go It was dark and it was rainin’, you could hear that howlin’ wind It was dark and it was rainin’, baby you could [...]
This little song that I’m singin’ about People you know it’s true If you’re black and gotta work for a living This is what they will say to you They says if you was white, should be all right If you was brown, stick around But as you’s black, m-mm brother, git back git back [...]
In the evening In the evening Mama when the sun go down In the evening darling I declare when the sun go down Yeah it’s so lonesome it’s so lonesome I declare when the one you love is not around When the sun go down Last night I were layin’ sleepin’ And I declare I [...]
It rained five days Lord and the clouds turned as dark as night It rained five days and the clouds turned as dark as night Lord that was really enough trouble to make a poor man wonder where in the world to go I got up one morning, poor me I couldn’t get even get [...]
I believe, I believe, I believe I’ll change my way I believe, I believe, I believe I’ll change my way There is three things, cross me down today There is three things in life just won’t let me rest There is three things in life just won’t let me rest There’s whiskey and good time, [...]
You say you’re gettin’ old, Lord older every day You say you’re gettin’ old, yeah you say you’re gettin’ older every day Now you ain’t but fifty, ooh Lord boy you shouldn’t feel that way Now when you get so old, you can’t work at no mill Yeah when you get so old, Lord boy [...]
Got a sweet woman, she give me what I need She lives down the alley and she’s built with speed So take me down in the alley So take me down in the alley So take me down in the alley if you wanna satisfy me Don’t want no liquor, thirty cents a shot That [...]
I’m gonna move way out on the outskirts of town I’m gonna move way out on the outskirts of town Now that’s why I don’t want nobody, ooh Lord baby always hingin’ around I’m gonna tell you baby, we gonna move away from here I don’t want no ice man, I’m gon’ buy me a [...]
I got up this mornin’, feelin’ sad and blue I lost my baby now tell me, what I’m goin’ to do You know I’m so lonesome Way these blues keep doggin’ me Yeah baby but that’s all right I will be up someday When my baby left me, she left me broken down She said [...]
This song was written back in 1892. There was a terrible flood that year. People lost all their crops and everything. They lost their homes and everything they had. And the only man they know that could help them was a guy by the name of Joe Turner. And Joe Turner was a man who’s [...]
I got on a streetcar one day, the conductor held out his hand You can’t get no free ride here, man don’t you understand You must have – stuff they call money You must have – down in your pocket You must have – the stuff they call money Don’t you can’t ride on here [...]
I got the key to the highway, and I’m billed out and bound to go I’m gonna leave here runnin’, cause walkin’ is most too slow I’m goin’ down on the border, now where I’m better known Cause woman you don’t do nothin’, but drive a good man ‘way from home Now when the moon [...]
I’ve got a merry go round, little girl don’t you want to ride? I’ve got a merry go round, now little girl, now don’t you want to ride? Now don’t be scared woman, oh Lord Big Bill is by your side Ain’t you tired of see-sawing? Baby jump on my merry go round Ain’t you [...]
Go down sun, we don’t care We don’t like sunshine, we drink moonshine here Chorus: Ain’t we, baby, ain’t we gonna have a time? Now ain’t we baby, we gonna have a good time tonight? We’ve got whiskey, wine and gin We’ve got hot dogs, ain’t got no skin, now (Chorus) We’ve got folks, black [...]
Louise, you the sweetest gal I know Louise, you the sweetest gal I know Yeah, you made me walk from Chicago, baby, Down to the Gulf of Mexico Now, look a-here, Louise Now, what you tryin’ to do? You tryin’ to make me love you And you love some other man too Whoa Louise, baby [...]
I’m just like an old rooster, out way out here on a hill I’m just like an old rooster, out way out here on a hill People I’m done scratchin’, ooh Lord Big Bill is just tryin’ to live I’m just like Joe’s turkey, I can’t do nothing but bauble(?) I’m so poor baby, I [...]
I love you, baby, I ain’t gonna lie Without you, woman, I just can’t be satisfied ‘Cause when things go wrong, so wrong with you It hurts me too. So, run here, baby, Put your little hands in mine, I’ve got something to tell you, baby, I know, that will change your mind When things [...]
I got a letter this morning Made me sad and blue Said my woman’s in trouble You know I’m in trouble too That’s why I’m so lonesome Lord and I stay blue all the time Ah but that’s all right I will overcome some day I couldn’t do nothing ‘Cause I was sad and blue [...]