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Mississippi John Hurt : Today! 1966

  1. Pay Day
  2. Make Me A Pallet On The Floor
  3. Casey Jones

  4. Coffee Blues
  5. If You Don't Want Me
  6. Beulah Land

Pay Day

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 Yeah, I did all I can do And I can't get along with you I'm gonna take you to your mama Payday, payday, payday Well, the rabbit in a log I ain't got no rabbit dog And I hate to see that rabbit get away Get away Baby, did all I can do And I can't get along with you I'm gonna take you to your mama Payday Just about a week ago I'm gonna keep my skillet greasy if I can If I can, if I can You know what happened to me? Well, the hounds is on my track And the knapsack on my back I'm gonna make it to my shanty 'fore day 'Fore day, 'fore day Baby, I did all I could do, an' I I'm gonna take you to your mama Payday Well, and I ain't got no rabbit dog Lord, I hate to see that rabbit get away Get away Baby, did all I can do And I can't get along with you I'm gon'

Make Me A Pallet On The Floor

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Make me down a pallet on your floor
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Make me down a pallet on your floor
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Make me down a pallet, soft and low
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Make me a pallet on your floor
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Up the country, where the cold, sleet and snow
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I'm going up the country where the cold, sleet and snow
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I'm going up the country, where the cold, sleet and snow
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No tellin' how much further I may go Make me down a pallet on your floor Make me down a pallet on your floor Make me down a pallet, soft and low Make me a pallet on your floor Don't you let my good girl catch you here Please Don't let my good girl catch you here Oh she, might shoot you, liable to cut and starve you too No tellin' what she might do Make me down a pallet on your floor Make me down a pallet on your floor Make me down a pallet, soft and low Make me a pallet on your floor Make it baby, close behind your door Make it baby, close behind the door Make me a pallet, close behind the door Make it where your good man will never go Make me down a pallet on your floor Make me down a pallet on your floor Make me down a pallet, soft and low Make me a pallet on your floor

Casey Jones

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Casey Jones was a brave engineer
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He told his fireman to not to fear
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Says all I want my water and my coal
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Look out the window see me drive wheel roll Early one morning came a shower of rain Round the curve I seen a passenger train In the cabin was Casey Jones He's a noble engineer man but he's dead and gone Children, children get your hat Mama, Mama what you mean by that? Get your hat, put it on your head Go down in town see if your daddy's dead Mama, mama oh, how can it be? My daddy got killed on the old IC Hush your mouth, I said and hold your breath You're gonna draw a pension after daddy's dead Casey's wife she got the news She was sittin' on the bedside she was lacin' up her shoes Said go away children and hold your breath You're gonna draw a pension after your daddy's dead Casey said, before he died Fixed the blinds so the boys can't ride If they ride, let 'em ride the rod Trust they lives in the hands of God Casey Jones was a brave engineer He told his fireman to not to fear Says all I want my water and my coal Look out the window see me drive wheel roll

Coffee Blues

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 This is the "Coffee Blues", I likes a certain brand Maxwell's House, it's good till the last drop Just like it says on the can, I used to have a girl Cookin' a good Maxwell House, she moved away Some said to Memphis and some said to Leland But I found her, I wanted her to cook me Some good Maxwell's House, you understand? If I can get me just a spoonful of Maxwell's House Do me much good as two or three cups this other coffee I've got to go to Memphis, bring her back to Leland I wanna see my baby 'bout a lovin' spoonful, my lovin' spoonful Well, I'm just got to have my lovin', I found her Good mornin', baby, how you do this mornin'? Well, please, ma'am, just a lovin' spoon, just a lovin' spoonful I declare, I got to have my lovin' spoonful My baby packed her suitcase and she went away I couldn't let her stay for my lovin', my lovin' spoonful Well, I'm just got to have my lovin' Good mornin', baby, how you do this mornin'? Well, please, ma'am, just a lovin' spoon, just a lovin' spoonful I declare, I got to have my lovin' spoonful Well, the preacher in the pulpit, jumpin' up and down He laid his Bible down for his lovin' Ain't Maxwell House all right? Well, I'm just got to have my lovin'

If You Don't Want Me

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If you don't want me, baby, got to have me anyhow
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If you don't want me, baby, got to have me anyhow It was late last night when everything was still Well, me and your baby eased out on the hill I tried my best to do my father's will I tried my best to do my father's will Don't want me, baby, got to have me anyhow Don't want me, baby, got to have me anyhow The sun go down, ain't this a lonesome place? The sun goin' down and ain't this a lonesome place? So lonesome here, can't see in my baby's face It's so lonesome here, I can't see in my baby's face You don't want me, baby, got to have me anyhow Don't want me, baby, got to have me anyhow

Beulah Land

52 Weeks of the Blues
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I got a mother in Beulah Land outshine the sun
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I got a mother in Beulah Land outshine the sun
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I got a mother in Beulah Land outshine the sun
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Way beyond the sky Yes come on and go to Beulah Land outshine the sun Come on and go to Beulah Land outshine the sun Come on and go to Beulah Land outshine the sun Way beyond the sky I got a father in Beulah Land outshine the sun I got a father in Beulah Land outshine the sun I got a father in Beulah Land outshine the sun Way beyond the sky Yes come on and go to Beulah Land outshine the sun Come on and go to Beulah Land outshine the sun Come on and go to Beulah Land outshine the sun Way beyond the sky I got a sister in Beulah Land outshine the sun I got a sister in Beulah Land outshine the sun I got a sister in Beulah Land outshine the sun Way beyond the sky Yes come on and go to Beulah Land outshine the sun Come on and go to Beulah Land outshine the sun Come on and go to Beulah Land outshine the sun Way beyond the sky