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Levee Camp Blues
Well, I worked on the levee
Till I went stone blind
Well, I worked on the levee, baby
Till I went stone blind
Well, you can't do me
Like you done po' shine
Lord, you took his money
I declare, you can't take mine
Captain, come out drive him
And he won't go long all around
How can I drive him, captain?
And he won't go long all around
He won't eat no oatmeal
Or he won't even eat his corn
I'm a long line skinner
I got the shortest line
I'm a long time skinner
I got the shortest line
I'm a long line skinner
But I've got the shortest line
Well, I worked on levee
Honey and I worked old Belle
Well, I worked old Lou Captain
Lordy and I worked old Belle
I couldn't find a mule
Lord with a shoulder well
Lord, that captain hollerin, hurry
Boy, you know I'm almost flyin'
Well, that captain hollerin, hurry
Lordy and I'm almost flyin'
Lord, he ain't gotta worry a bit, baby
He won't even keep time |
Let Me Lay Down In Your Cool Iron Bed
Let Me Lay Down In Your Cool Iron Bed
(F. McDowell)
Mississippi Fred McDowell
Recorded: March 1968 Los Angeles, CA.
Producer: Pete Welding
Album: Levee Camp Blues, Testament TCD6007
Please let me lay down, darling
Let me lay down in yo cool iron bed
Well, let me lay down, baby
Let me lay down in yo' cool wrought iron bed
Lord, I been drinkin' white lightnin'
It's-a done gone to my head
Well, I been drinkin' white lightnin', darling
It done gone to my head
Well, I b'lieve to my soul
Yeah, the whiskey bottle 'on kill me dead
Lord, I b'lieve to my soul, baby
This a-whiskey gonna kill me
(Guitar)
Lord, I ain't got nobody, baby
Hold my worry
Lord, I ain't got nobody
Baby, to hold my worried head
I want you tell me
Baby, what have I done wrong?
Tell me, baby
Honey, what have I done wrong?
(Guitar)
Lord, bring me a Christmas present, darling
Baby, I'm in ja-ail, again
Lord, bring me a Christmas present, baby
Baby, I'm in jail again. |
My Baby Don't Treat Me Like Humankind
Lord, my baby got so
Won't treat me good no mo'
Well, my baby done got so
Lord, Lord, Lord
She won't treat me good no mo'
Well, I b'lieve my baby
Tryin-a slide me down
Well, I b'lieve my baby
Lord, Lord, Lord
Tryin-a slide me down
Lord, tryin-a slide me
Tryin-a slide me
Tryin-a slide me down
Hey, b'lieve my baby, yeah
Tryin-a slide me
Tryin-a slide me
Tryin-a slide me down
That's the meanest woman
Oh Lord, I ever seen, yes
Lord, I asked her for whiskey
She give me gasoline |
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My Baby Has Eyes Like An Eagle
I b'lieve, darling
I b'lieve I'll go back home
Lord, I b'lieve, baby
I b'lieve I'll go back home
Lord, I'm gon' acknowlege
Tell my daddy I done wrong
I'm gon' tell my daddy
Lord, I know I done wrong
Lord, my baby eye like an eagle
She watches me all the time
My baby got eye like an eagle
She watches me-e-e all the time
Lord, be when it late at night
Baby, when I first lay down
I ain't going no holler, darling
Baby, it isn't gon' lower your doubt
I ain't going no holler
Baby, is no lower your doubt
I ain't going bear no qutting
People, even no jumping down
I ain't gonna bear no qutting, darling
Honey, there's no jumping down
I'm gon' stand right here
My whisker-er-er-er drag the ground
Lord, I ain't gon' marry
Baby, either settle down
Lord, I ain't gon' marry
Either settle down
I'm gon' drink good whiskey
Run the-e-e-e women down. |
Jim Steam Killed Lula
Old Jim killed Lula
On a Friday night
Old Jim killed Lula
On a Friday
On a Friday night, Lord
Old Jim got ninety
Steam got ninety-nine
Old Jim got ninety
Steam got ninety
Steam got ninety-nine
Lord, Lord
Ten thousand people
At one buryin' ground
Ten thousand people
At one buryin'
At one buryin' ground
Lord, Lord
Just to see undertaker
Let po' Lula down
Just to see the undertaker
Ooh Lordy, old Lula
Take old Lula down
Well, the church bell ringin'
Hease went drivin' slow
Well, the church bell ringin'
Well, went drivin'
Hearse went drivin' slow
Lord, Lord
I hate so bad, Lord
Keep old Lula all gone
I hates her bad ass
Sleep on Lula
Sleep on Lu - la. |
Pea Vine Special
Says, I think I heard
That Pea Vine whistle blow
Say it blowed just like
She ain't gon' blow no mo
Says, I cried last night
I ain't gon' cry no mo
Says, I cried last night
And I ain't gon' cry no mo
Said, that good book tell you
You've to to reap just what you'll sow
Said, that good book tell you
You've got to reap just what you'll sow
Say, you know, you know
You know that you've done me wrong
Say, you know, you know
You know you've done me wrong
I think I heard that
Pea Vine whistle blow
Says, I think I heard that
Pea Vine whistle blow
Till she blow that back
She ain't gon' blow no mo. |
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Dark Clouds A-Rising
Yeah-eay
Lord, Lord, ooh, Lord
Yeah, baby, hey
Lord, oh Lord
I saw a dark cloud a-risin'
Wonder what's gonna 'come of me?
I saw a dark cloud a-risin' baby
I wonder what's gonna 'come a-me-e?
Down in this valley
As lonesome as I can be
Next time I start out to hobo'in
With my baby by my side, right here
Next time I start the hoboin'
I'm 'onna have my baby by my side
Yon' box car is bumpin'
It's jarrin' at my brains
Yon' box car is bumpin', baby
And Lord, be jarrin' my brains
I might get up in the mo'nin
I might catch a passenger train
Yeah, don't come here runnin'
Baby, a-screamin' an cryin'
Don't ya come here runnin'
Honey, screamin' an cryin'
Don't come here runnin'
Baby, screamin' an cryin'
Now, you got a home, darlin'
Long as I've got mine
I'm goin' by the pawn shop
'On put my watch in pawn
I'm goin' by the pawn shop
I'm-a put my watch in pawn, on my own
No more, nobody tell me
How long my baby's been gone
I'm washin' my jumper, darlin'
Starch my *overhauls
Hey, wash my jumper, baby
Starch my overhauls
I might get up in the mo'nin
I'm 'on catch that Cannonball
Hey, hey-ey
It's bye-bye, bye-bye, baby
Hey-ey
And bye-bye, bye, bye, baby
I'm goin' away, babe
But I won't be gone for long. |
My Baby Has Eyes Like An Eagle
I b'lieve, darling
I b'lieve I'll go back home
Lord, I b'lieve, baby
I b'lieve I'll go back home
Lord, I'm gon' acknowlege
Tell my daddy I done wrong
I'm gon' tell my daddy
Lord, I know I done wrong
Lord, my baby eye like an eagle
She watches me all the time
My baby got eye like an eagle
She watches me-e-e all the time
Lord, be when it late at night
Baby, when I first lay down
I ain't going no holler, darling
Baby, it isn't gon' lower your doubt
I ain't going no holler
Baby, is no lower your doubt
I ain't going bear no qutting
People, even no jumping down
I ain't gonna bear no qutting, darling
Honey, there's no jumping down
I'm gon' stand right here
My whisker-er-er-er drag the ground
Lord, I ain't gon' marry
Baby, either settle down
Lord, I ain't gon' marry
Either settle down
I'm gon' drink good whiskey
Run the-e-e-e women down.
Bye And Bye, Goin' To See The King
Bye and bye, gone to see the king
Bye and bye, gone to see the king
Bye and bye, gone to see the king
Lord, I wouldn't mind dyin' down there
Lord, I hear, can't go by myself
Lord, I hear, can't go by myself
Lord, I hear, can't go by myself
Lord, I wouldn't mind dyin' down there
Hallelujah, glory to his name
Hallelujah, glory to his name
Hallelujah, glory to his name
Lord, I wouldn't mind dyin' down there |
Will Me Your Gold Watch And Chain
Should happen to go the army, baby
I want you t'will me your watch an chain
Should happen to go to the army
Will me your watch an chain
Ya have to promise me, babe
You won't fool around with no other man here
Just like a soldier
Babe, right on the battlefield
Just like a soldier, darlin'
Honey, out on that battlefield
You know by that, honey
You know just however I feel
I've got my questioneer and baby
They need me in the war
Got my questioneer, darlin'
And need me baby in the war
Got a questioneer, darlin'
Need me in the war
Yeah, darlin'
Baby, don't you weeping moan
Yeah, darlin'
Honey, don't you weeping moan
When that war is over
Your daddy'll be back home
Hey, baby
Don't you crowd yo mind
Yeah, little girl
Don't you crowd yo mind
Hey, little girl
Please don't you crowd your mind. |
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Down On Dankin's Farm
I ain't gonna move
On that Dankin's Farm
I'm gonna move
From that Dankin's Farm
I'm goin-a move
From the Dankin's Farm
Can't raise no cotton, baby
Honey, even no corn
Can't raise no cotton 'round here
Baby, even no corn
That's why I'm gon' move
From that Dankin's Farm
How can I plough, Captain
You won't eat no corn?
You wanna hear his ordinant
And he won't leave out any at his calls
Baby, when you marry
Don't marry no farmin' man
When you marry, darlin'
Don't marry no farmin' man
If a day beats Sunday
Got a hoe held in yo hands
I'm gonna move
From that Dankin Farm
I'm gonna move
From that Dankin Farm
I can't raise no cotton, darlin'
Honey, even no corn. |
Goin Over The Hill
I'm goin' over the hill
I'm goin' on over the hill
I'm goin' over the hill
Yeah, as soon as I can make me a few round
Finally master see me, just a few more ups and down
I'm goin' on over the hill
I'm goin' over the hill,
I'm goin' over the hill,
I'm goin' over the hill,
Oh well, I went in the valley, I didn't go to stay
Soon God had me child,
I stay down there all day
I went on over the hill
When I get to heaven, gon' sit right down
Askin' master, just to get my starry down |
When I Lay My Burden Down
Hallelujah, when I lay my burden down
Oh, glory, glo', hallelu', when I lay my burden down
I'm goin' home to, oh, when I lay my burden
Oh, I'm goin' home
Live with Jesus when I lay my burden down
All my troubles will be, oh, when I lay my
Mmm, my troubles when I lay my burden down
I'm gonna meet my lovin' mother when I lay my burden down
I'm gonna meet my, when I lay my burden down
Glory, glory, mmm, when I lay my burden down
Glory, glory when I lay my burden down |