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Misc: Blues : Memphis Minnie

  1. Broken Heart
  2. Hoodoo Lady
  3. I'm A Bad Luck Woman
  4. I'm Going Back Home
  5. In My Girlish Days
  6. Kissing In The Dark
  7. Me And My Chauffeur Blues
  8. Nothing In Rambling
  9. When The Levee Breaks

Broken Heart

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I first met you, was in a dream
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Never thought you could be so mean
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Yeah darlin', you left me with a broken heart Life was so sweet, both night and day Someone come along and you strayed away Yes darlin', you left me with a broken heart What would you do with all these other girls No one to hold you when you cry Yes darlin', you left me with a broken heart Please don't be unfair Come back home, life is there Yeah darlin', you left me with a broken heart
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Yeah with a broken heart

Hoodoo Lady

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Hoodoo lady, how do you do? They tell me you take a boot And turn it to a brand new shoe
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But don't put that thing on me
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Don't put that thing on me
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Don't put that thing on me
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'Cause I'm going back to Tennessee Hoodoo lady, you can turn water to wine I been wondering where have you been all this time I'm setting here broke, and I ain't got a dime You ought to put something in these dukes of mine But don't put that thing on me Don't put that thing on me Don't put that thing on me 'Cause I'm going back to Tennessee
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Boy you better watch it, cause she's tricky |
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| Hoodoo lady, I want you to unlock my door So, I can get in and get all my clothes But don't put that thing on me Don't put that thing on me Don't put that thing on me 'Cause I'm going back to Tennessee Now look a-here, hoodoo lady I want you to treat me right Bring my man back home But don't let him stay all night But don't put that thing on me Don't put that thing on me Don't put that thing on me 'Cause I'm going back to Tennessee Boy she's tricky as she can be |
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Why look here, hoodoo lady, I'm your friend When you leave this time, come back again But don't put that thing on me Don't put that thing on me Don't put that thing on me 'Cause I'm going back to Tennessee Boy I'm scared of em

I'm A Bad Luck Woman

Every man I get, if he don't get sick, he will die Doggone woman take from him, he's a doggone fly I'm a bad luck woman I'm a bad luck woman I'm a bad luck woman, I can't see the reason why Well, the next man I got, you know he worked very hard Just as soon as I got him, he lost his doggone job I'm a bad luck woman I'm a bad luck woman I'm a bad luck woman, I can't see the reason why Well, the next man I got, he was a railroad man Just as soon as I got him, everything went out his doggone hands I'm a bad luck woman I'm a bad luck woman I'm a bad luck woman, I can't see the reason why Well, the next man I got, he was long and tall Every time I look around, he is kickin' at someone other man's jaw I'm a bad luck woman I'm a bad luck woman I'm a bad luck woman, I can't see the reason why OK, my boy, play for me That's what I am talking about Well, the next man I got, he was short and fat I couldn't keep him because he wasn't taught like that I'm a bad luck woman I'm a bad luck woman I'm a bad luck woman, I can't see the reason why Well, the next man I got, he was a sand hawk in the sea I had him two days, and he got drowned away from me I'm a bad luck woman I'm a bad luck woman I'm a bad luck woman, I can't see the reason why Well, the next man I got bought me a hat and a dress And every time I look around, the police had him under a-doggone rest I'm a bad luck woman I'm a bad luck woman I'm a bad luck woman, I can't see the reason why

I'm Going Back Home

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When I was at home I wasn't restin' at ease
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Now you're down here trying to mistreat me
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I'm going back home, I'm going back home
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I'm going back home where I know I'll get better care I'll tell you one thing, it'll break your heart We've been together for a while now you've got to part Going back home, I'm going back home I'm going back home where I know I'll get better care I told you once and I told you twice You keep messin' around, you're gonna lose your life Going back home, I'm going back home I'm going back home where I know I'll get better care Yeah you should've apologized a few weeks ago When you had all your money, thought you wouldn't go broke Going back home I'm going back home I'm going back home where I know I'll get better care

In My Girlish Days

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Late hours at night, trying to play my hand
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Through my window, out stepped a man
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I didn't know no better
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Oh Lord, in my girlish days My mama cried, papa did, too Oh, daughter, what a shame on you I didn't know no better Oh Lord, in my girlish days I flagged a train, didn't have a dime Trying to run away from that home of mine I didn't know no better Oh Lord, in my girlish days I hit the highway, caught me a truck Nineteen and seventeen, when the winter was tough I didn't know no better Oh Lord, in my girlish days All of my playmates is not surprised I had to travel before I got wise I found out better And I still got my girlish ways

Kissing In The Dark

Call the doctor, call him quick I done got something 'bout to make me sick I been kissin' in the dark Yeah, kissin' in the dark Kissin' in the dark, honey, that's my birthmark Well, I had a girlfriend from Alabam' She done put her pennies all in a jam Kissin' in the dark Yes, kissin' in the dark Kissin' in the dark, honey, that's her birthmark She had a date with a scrap, she met a hip cat And nobody knows where she end up at She been kissin' in the dark Yes, kissin' in the dark She been kissin' in the dark, honey, that's her birthmark Be a good pal, just swappin' up a dime You thinkin' about a man, throw it after mine Kissin' in the dark Kissin' in the dark Kissin' in the dark, honey, that's my birthmark Yeah, let's get it now! Well, you'd better wake up, and try to get wise Get yourself hip to that old crazy jive Kissin' in the dark Kissin' in the dark Kissin' in the dark, honey, that's my birthmark I done told you!

Me And My Chauffeur Blues

Won't you be my chauffeur? Won't you be my chauffeur? I wants him to drive me I wants him to drive me downtown Yes, he drives so easy I can't turn him down But I don't want him But I don't want him To be ridin' these girls To be ridin' these girls around So I'm gonna steal me a pistol Shoot my chauffeur down Well, I must buy him Well, I must buy him A brand new V8 A brand new V8 Ford Then he won't need no passengers I will be his load Yeah, take it away Going to let my chauffeur Going to let my chauffeur Drive me around the Drive me around the world Then he can be my little boy Yes, I'll be his girl

Nothing In Rambling

I was born in Louisiana, I was raised in Algiers And everywhere I been, the peoples all say Ain't nothing in rambling either running around Well, I believe I'll marry, ooh, woo, Lord, and settle down I first left home, I stopped in Tennessee The peoples all begging, "Come and stay with me" 'Cause ain't nothing in rambling, either running around Well, I believe I'll marry, ooh, woo, Lord, and settle down I was walking through the alley with my hand in my coat The police start to shoot me, thought it was something I stole You know it ain't nothing in rambling, either running around Well, I believe I'll marry, ooh, woo, Lord, and settle down The peoples on the highway is walking and crying Some is starving, some is dying You know it ain't nothing in rambling, either running around Well, I believe I'll marry, ooh, woo, Lord, and settle down You may go to Hollywood and try to get on the screen But I'm gonna stay right here and eat these old charity beans 'Cause it ain't nothing in rambling, either running around Well, I believe I'll marry, ooh, woo, Lord, and settle down

When The Levee Breaks

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If it keeps on rainin', levee's gonna break
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If it keeps on rainin' levee's gonna break
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And the water gonna come in, have no place to stay Well all last night I sat on the levee and moan Well all last night, I sat on the levee and moan Thinkin' 'bout my baby and my happy home If it keeps on rainin', levee's gonna break If it keeps on rainin', levee's gonna break And all these people have no place to stay Now look here mama, what am I to do? Now look here mama, what am I to do? I ain't got nobody to tell my troubles to I works on the levee mama both night and day I works on the levee mama both night and day I ain't got nobody, keep the water away Oh cryin' won't help you, prayin' won't do no good Oh cryin' won't help you, prayin' won't do no good When the levee breaks, mama, you got to lose I works on the levee, mama both night and day I works on the levee, mama both night and day I works so hard, to keep the water away I had a woman, she wouldn't do for me I had a woman, she wouldn't do for me I'm goin' back to my used to be I's a mean old levee, cause me to weep and moan It's a mean old levee, cause me to weep and moan Gonna leave my baby and my happy home