Canary Bird
Got My Mojo Working
Honey Bee
(I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man
I Be's Troubled
I Can't Be Satisfied
I Just Want To Make Love To You
Lonesome Road Blues
Louisiana Blues
Mamie
My Dog Can't Bark
My Pencil Won't Write No More
One More Mile
Rock Me
They Call Me Muddy Waters
Trouble In Mind
Trouble No More
I wonder why, that old southbound train don't run (x2) Oh, you know you don't need no telling Little girl, you know just what you done I'm a heart broken man, keep ******* everywhere I go Oh, you know I work so hard, but ***** everywhere I go Oh, you know when I go back down in low land I won't have to work no more I got my ticket, right here in my hand Oh I got my ticket, I'm holding this ticket right here in my hand I got a good woman boys But the little girl just don't understand I'm on my way to the low land (please) conductor can I ride I'm on my way to the low land (please) conductor let the poor boy ride I'm gonna keep on travellin' until I make myself satisfied
Sitting in my window, I'm looking out at the rain I got troubles, nothing to ease my worried mind I got double troubles, I just can't ********* My first woman she love me, and I love her too When she was living, I could tell she was so true I got troubles, nothing to ease my worried mind I got double troubles, I just can't ********* (Well, allright) My woman she fooled me, and she made me blue When she left me, I thought that she was so true I got troubles, nothing to ease my worried mind I got double troubles, I just can't *********
Hey, hey I got a letter It come to me by mail My baby's coming home I hope that she don't fail I feel so good Well, I feel so good You know I feel so good I feel like ***** I'm going down to the station Just to meet her train My baby's coming home You know I got ****** I feel so good Well, I feel so good You know I feel so good I feel like ***** I feel so good, I hope I always will I feel like a jack out of a *****, behind the ***** I feel so good Well, I feel so good You know I feel so good I feel like ***** (x2)
Hmmmmm You know you shook me, baby You shook me all night long (x2) Oh, you know you kept on shaking me baby 'til you messed up my happy home You know you move me, baby Just like a hurricane (x2) Oh, you know you move me sweetheart Just like a earthquake do to land Oh, sometimes I wonder What my poor wife and child's gonna do (x2) Oh, you know that you made me mistreat them honey Oh, I'm madly in love with U You know you shook me, baby You shook me all night long (x4) Oh, you know you kept on shaking me baby 'til you messed up my happy home
You got (yearning?) and I got burning You know you look so sweet and (cunny?) Baby, way down inside Woman you need love (x2) You gotta have some love I'm gonna give you some love You just gotta have love You make me feel so good you make me feel allright (x3) You're so nice, you so nice (x3) You are ****** and I am ***** Lotsa good things, you ain't gettin' Woman, way down inside I know you need love You gotta have some love I ain't foolin' You need schoolin' Baby you know, you need coolin' Woman, way down inside I know you need love You gotta have some love She gotta have some love (ad lib)
Oh I mistreated my baby last night Woman from holding you here in my arms (x2) Now you know she been gone 24 hours and that's 23 hours too long You know if I had a million dollars I would give every dime to bring her back home Oh, how my poor heart bleeds Peoples, It's so sad to be alone Now you know she been gone just about 24 hours and that's 23 hours too long Oh, my baby's so pretty This little girl she looks just like a charm I love this woman This woman (x2) she looks just like a charm Now you know she been gone 24 hours and that's 23 hours too long
Elevate me mama Mama ***** six floors ****** (x2) You know everybody tells me You must be the elevated woman in town You know when you start to elevate me mama You almost scared me to death You elevate me so fast I had to stop and catch my breath Elevate me mama Mama ***** six floors ****** You know everybody tells me You must be the elevated woman in town (Well all right *****) (You hear me cotton, you hear me) You know I went to your apartment last night You had your elevator running slow I give you a ****** I wanna take you to the 40th floor Elevate me mama Mama ***** six floors ****** You know everybody tells me You must be the elevated woman in town
My baby long and tall Shape like a cannonball Everytime she love me You can hear me squall and I cry hmmmmmmmmmmm I believe I changed my mind She said : I'm so glad I'm living I cry hmmmmm babe, I'm so glad you mine My baby loves me I know she loves me right She left me laying down In her loving arms all night and I cry hmmmmmmmmmmm I believe I changed my mind She said : I'm so glad I'm living I cry hmmmmm babe, I'm so glad you mine My baby loves me She loves me with a (thrill) I don't believe She's tryin' a get nobody killed and I cry hmmmmmmmmmmm I believe I changed my mind She said : I'm so glad I'm living I cry hmmmmm babe, I'm so glad you mine
My love strikes like lightning It will hit you just like a falling tree (x2) Oh, you know it's not a pain that'll hurt you But it'll leave you in such a misery My love strikes like lightning It'll get into your blood stream (x2) Oh, look at my baby laughing at me She says Muddy, I know just what you mean My love strikes like lightning It'll shake the teeth up in your mouth (x2) Oh, you know, I know my baby she ****** and this little girl she know just what I'm talking about
Oh baby, U don't have to go (x2) I beg you all night baby You don't have to go Oh baby, what's getting wrong with you (x2) You don't treat me nothing like you used to do Well I give you all of my money Let you, go downtown You come back in the evening Call me, ********** Oh baby, U don't have to go (x2) You know, I'm gonna pack up baby Down the road I'll go Oh baby, turn your (lamp?) down low (x2) I beg you all night baby You don't have to go
Things that I used to do Lord, I don't do no more (x2) I used to sit and hold your hand Begging U to ********* Searched all night for you darling Lord, and my search was in vain Searched all night for you darling And babe, you know my search was in vain I knew all the time You was ****** with another man I'm gonna send you back to your mother Lord, and I'm going back to my family too (x2) You know I just can't stand This low down way you do
Well my home is in the delta way out on that ******** Now you knoiw, I'm leaving Chicago And people, I sure do hate to go Now you know, I'm leaving in the morning Won't be back no more Well I know my little baby The girl don't know what a shape I'm in You know I haven't had no loving For you know and god knows when Now you know I've just been sitting here thinking Wondering where in the world she been Well I feel like crying But you know, the tears won't come down (x2) You know I've got a funny feeling I'm gonna have to leave your town (Humming) Have mercy (Humming) You know I've just been sitting here thinking Wondering where in the world she been
Good morning little school girl (x2) Can I go home with you (x2) Tell your mother and your father I once was a schoolboy too Sometimes I don't know what (x2) Woman what in this world do you do (x2) I don't wanna hurt your feelings Or even get mad with you I'm gonna buy me an airplane (x2) I'm gonna fly over ******* (x2) If I don't find my baby Ain't gonna let my airplane down Now who's that coming, yonder (x2) she's all dressed up and pretty (x2) to me If she don't be my baby I've soon to see her ********
Why do men go crazy when a woman wear her dress so tight (x2) Must be the same old thing that makes a tomcat fight all night Why do all of these men try to run a big legged woman down (x2) Must be the same old thing that makes a bulldog (hog?) a hound Oh, that same thing (x2) Tell me who's to blame The whole world's fighting about that same thing What makes you feel so good when your baby get her evening gown (x2) Must be the same old thing that made a preacher lay his bible down Oh, that same thing (x2)
I once had a pretty little girl I lose my baby ain't that sad (x2) Well, you know you can't spend what you ain't got You can't lose what you never had I had $ in the bank I got busted boys ain't that sad I had $ in the bank I got busted baby ain't that sad Well, you know you can't spend what you ain't got You can't lose what you never had I had a sweet little home It got burned down boys ain't that sad You know it was my own farm People ain't that sad Well, you know you can't spend what you ain't got You can't lose what you never had
You need meat, go to the market You need bake, try the bakery You need love, don't go no further Just come on home to me I gotta love somebody (x3) Somebody's gonna love me You need grits, go to the grocer's You need fish, go to the sea You need love, look for me baby Just come on home to me I gotta love somebody (x3) Somebody's gonna love me You need money, go to the bank dear You need honey, look for the bee You need love, don't go no further Just come on home to me I gotta love somebody (x3) Somebody's gonna love me
She gotta (take) sick and die one of these days (x2) All the medecine she can't buy And all the doctors she can't hire She gotta (take) sick and die one of these days When she's dead, I'm gonna bury her very deep I'm gonna bury her very deep Rubies and diamonds round her feet She gotta (take) sick and die one of these days She gotta (take) sick and die one of these days (x2) All the medecine she can't buy And all the doctors she can't hire She gotta (take) sick and die one of these days She gotta (take) sick and die one of these days (x2) All the medecine she can't buy And all the doctors she can't hire She gotta (take) sick and die one of these days (If it was) with me and all the powers in my hands Even with me and all the powers in my hands She *********** in the promiseland
See you watch me like, (it's hard?) I don't mind the, way you talk But if you ********* I live the life I love, and I love the life I live So if you see me and, think I'm wrong Don't you worry about me just, let me (alone) My sweet life ain't nothing, but a thrill I live the life I love, and I love the life I live A diamond rind and my, money too Tomorrow night it may, belong to you These girls move me, at their will I live the life I love, and I love the life I live I may make a $1000 on a, bet this time One minute later I can't, cover your ******* Tomorrow night I may be, over the hill I just want you to know baby, the way I feel Oh rocking with you, ********** Don't talk about me cause, I could be ******* Please forgive me, if you will I live the life I love, and I love the life I live
Oh, yeah , oh yeah (x2) I want you to rock me rock me all night long (x2) I want you to rock me Like my back ain't got no bine Sun going down, moon begins to rise (x2) I want you to rock me 'til you make me satisfied Oh yeah (x2) Put your arms around me Like a ****** around ******** I want you to call me daddy Let me lay down in your arms See me coming Run get your rockin' chair (x2) Well you know I ain't no stranger I used to live right here
Now look what you've done (x4) You left me here The lonely one And all I can say Is look what you've done A broken heart, a worried mind a *********** , baby all the time I once had a dream, but now I have none you've taken your love, and see what it done The night must rise, and the shadows fall ****** memory, and I recall Your love is my light, as ***** as the sun and know it is gone, but see what it done I saw you last night, I was moving around with your new toys, came to town But it is Ok, keep having your fun Because some day, you'll pay for all you done
Got my mojo working, but it just won't work on you (x2) I wanna love you so bad I don't know what to do Going down to Louisiana to get me a mojo hand (x2) I'm gonna have all you women right here at my command Got my mojo working (x4) Got my mojo working, but it just won't work on you I got a gipsy woman, giving me advice (x2) I gotta *********, keep it here on ********
I got a letter this mornig my wife had a brand new baby girl When I got the news I was half way round the world That's good news Oh boy that's good news Oh boy that's good news, what my baby says You know I'm leaving in the morning, I'm on my way home When I get there I'm gonna rock that woman in my arms That's good news Oh boy that's good news Oh boy that's good news, what my baby says You know I'm gonna give away candy, I'm gonna a have cigars (for sale) I know she love me and boy she wouldn't fail That's good news Oh boy that's good news Oh boy that's good news, what my baby says Well you know as soon as I get home I'm gonna rock that baby on my knees Reach out to kiss her mother and say girl you can't be beat That's good news Oh boy that's good news Oh boy that's good news, what my baby says
I went through the jungle I met a king snake He said excuse me mister I think I made a mistake I looked at the lion He bowed his head I looked at the tiger And he fell dead Oh so evil Evil, as anybody can be You know I'm the hoochie coochie man Don't nobody mess with me I met an elephant It was big as a house I made him reduce So he looked like a mouse I met a ****** bear And he was so big I made him lose his hair And now he needs a wig Oh so evil Evil, as anybody can be I'm so darn gone evil Don't nobody mess with me I met a rattlesnake He thought he was smart He was double dealing ******** ace card He sneaked up and bit me Stretched out and died So when you see me coming You better run in high Oh so evil Evil, as anybody can be I'm a nature born lover Don't nobody mess with me
Baby Please Don't Go
(Mc Kinley Morganfield)
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.
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
Got my mojo working, but it just won't work on you (x2) I wanna love you so bad till I don't know what to do
I'm going down to Louisiana to get me a mojo hand (x2) I'm gonna have all you women right here at my command
Got my mojo working [echoed by the crowd] (x4) Got my mojo working, but it just won't work on you
Play on! [instrumental break]
Got my mojo working [echoed by the crowd] (x4) Got my mojo working, but it - uh uh - just won't work on you
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
(I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man
The gypsy woman told my mother Before I was born I got a boy child's comin' 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 But you know I'm him Everybody knows I'm him Well you know I'm the hoochie coochie man Everybody knows I'm him
I got a black cat bone I got a mojo too I got a John-the-conqueror(*) I'm gonna mess with you I'm gonna make you girls Lead me by my hand Then the world will know The hoochie coochie man But you know I'm him Everybody knows I'm him Oh you know I'm the hoochie coochie man Everybody knows I'm him
On the seventh hours On the seventh day On the seventh month The seven doctors say 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 him Everybody knows I'm him Well you know I'm the hoochie coochie man Everybody knows I'm him
Well if I feel tomorrow Like I feel today I'm gonna pack my suitcase And make my getaway Lord I'm troubled, I'm all worried in mind And I'm never bein' satisfied, And I just can't keep from cryin'
Yeah, I know my little ol' baby She gonna jump and shout That ol' train be late girl, And I come walkin' out Lord I'm troubled, I'm all worried in mind Yeah and I'm never bein' satisfied, And I just can't keep from cryin'
Yeah, I know somebody Sho' been talkin' to you I don't need no telling, girl I can watch the way you do And I be troubled, I be all worried in mind Yeah and I'm never bein' satisfied, And I just can't keep from cryin'
Yeah, now goodbye baby Got no more to say Just like I been tellin' you, girl You're gonna have to leave my way Lord I'm troubled, I'm all worried in mind Yeah and I'm never bein' satisfied, And I just can't keep from cryin'
Yeah my baby she quit me Seem like mama was dead I got real worried gal And she drove it to my head I be's troubled, I be all worried in mind Yeah and I'm never bein' satisfied, And I just can't keep from cryin'
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
I Just Want To Make Love To You
(Willie Dixon)
I don't want you to Be no slave I don't want you To wake 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 our home I don't want your Money too I just want to make Love to you Love to you Love to you love to you
They tell about the way you Switch and walk Now I can see by the way you Baby talk Now I can know by the way you Treat your man That I could love you baby until the Cryin' shame
I don't want you to Cook my bread I don't want you To make my bed I don't want to Because I'm sad and blue I just want to make Love to you love to you love to you love to you... (repeat, and fade)
Louisiana Blues
(Mc Kinley Morganfield)
I'm goin' down in Louisiana. Be be be-hind the sun. I'm goin' down in Louisiana. Honey, behind the sun. well, you know i just found out. My troubles just begun.
I'm goin' down in New Orleans, hmm. Get me a mojo hand. I'm goin' down in New Orleans. Get me a mojo hand. (oh take me with you, man, when you goin'). I'm 'on show all you goodlookin' women. Yes, how to treat your love. (Let's go back to New Orleans).
Have you ever been walking, walking down that old lonesome road? Have you ever been walking, walking down that old lonesome road? No place to go, whee well brown no place to room and board
Things look so lonesome, down that road ahead Things look so dark, down that road ahead Been thinkin' of the way you livin', whee well boy and what your mother said
Things look so lonesome, when you ain't got a shelter over your head Things look so lonesome, when you ain't got a shelter over your head When you could have been at home, whee well boy sleepin' in a feather bed
Mamie
(McKinley Morganfield / J. Rogers)
Mamie, don't you hear me call your name Oh Mamie, don't you hear me calling your name Well Mamie I wanna see you so bad little girl, Till I don't know what to do
Mamie, won't you please shake my hand Oh Mamie, Mamie, won't you please shake my hand Well I love you so hard Mamie, and you know I just can't explain
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Mamie, won't you come and kiss me goodbye Oh Mamie Mamie, why don't you come and kiss me goodbye Well you know I hate to see you leave me little girl, You know you gonna make me cry
Mamie, you got me down on my bended knees Mamie, you got me down on my bended knees Well little girl I hate to see you leave me, you hear me? That's why I'm beggin you please, please
My Dog Can't Bark
(Otis Smothers)
People they're talkin' about you and I What they sayin' I know is a lie The people they're talkin' about me and you I done got tired, I'm gonna talk some too
They talk about my dog, they talk about my cat Sayin' my dog can't bark and my cat can't scratch The people they're talkin' about me and you I done got tired, I'm gonna talk some too
My dog can bark and my cat can scratch Who started the fire'll have to go out and stop the match The people they're talkin' about me and you I done got tired, I'm gonna talk some too
Ain't nobody's business if I bark like a dog Chasin' rats all up and down the hall The people they're talkin' about me and you I done got tired, I'm gonna talk some too
My Pencil Won't Write No More
(McKinley Morganfield)
Well I wonder, I wonder, every place I go Yeah you know I just wonder, I wonder, every place I go My letter's gone dead, and my pencil it won't write no more
Sometime I wonder why she put me out of doors (I don't like that one) Yeah sometime I wonder why she put me out of doors Well you know my letter's gone dead, and my pencil it won't write no more
Anybody ask you, why did I punch you in your nose Yeah you know if anybody ask you, why did I punch you in your nose Well you know my letter's gone dead, and my pencil it won't write no more
I went to buy some ink, but they don't keep it no more in the stores Yeah you know I went to buy myself some ink, but they don't keep it no more in the stores Well you know my letter's gone dead, and my pencil it won't write no more
One More Mile
(McKinley Morganfield)
Oh you know it has been such a hard hard journey, I don't have to cry no more Keep your light up burnin', so I can know the score I got one more mile, oh you know I only got one more mile to go Oh you know my journey was so hard, but I don't have to worry 'bout you no more
Oh you know they tell me that thousands of schoolkids, every one have a mate The little girl that I love, she the richest in the state I got one more mile, oh you know I only got one more mile to go Oh you know my journey has been so hard, but I don't have to worry 'bout you no more
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Oh you know I made a mistake for gamblin', I betted my money wrong I was bettin' on my baby, but she weren't even at home I got one more mile, oh you know I got one more mile to go Oh you know it has been such a long journey, but I don't have to cry 'bout you no more.
Rock Me
(McKinley Morganfield)
Want you to rock me baby, rock me all night long Want you to rock me baby, rock me all night long Well I want you to rock me baby, like my back ain't got no bones
Sun goin' down, the moon begin to rise Sun goin' down, the moon begin to rise Well I want you to rock me baby, till you make me satisfied
See me comin', run get your rockin' chair See me comin', run get your rockin' chair Well you know I ain't no stranger, you know I used to live right here
Want you to roll me, like I roll a waggon wheel Want you to roll me, like I roll a waggon wheel You know I want you to roll me over, you know how good that makes me feel
Rock me easy, rock your baby slow Rock me easy, rock your baby slow Well you know I want you to rock me so easy, till I don't wanna rock no more
Put your arms around me, like a circle around the sun Put your arms around me, like a circle around the sun I want you to call, call me daddy, let me lay down in your arms.
They Call Me Muddy Waters
(McKinley Morganfield).
They call me Muddy Water, I'm just as restless man as the deep blue sea Oh yeh they call me Muddy Water, I'm just as restless man as the deep blue sea You know I've been like that, ever since my baby been gone from me
The night she left me, you know the rain boy was pouring down Oh yeah the night the little girl left me, you know the rain was pouring down You know I was the most bluest man, in this whole Chicago town
I got a brand new babe, she just as sweet man as a girl can be Oh Lord I got a brand new girl, she just as sweet man as a apple on a tree I wanna tell all you people, how the little child been sending me.
Trouble In Mind
(Richard Jones)
Trouble in mind, and I'm blue Oh you know I won't be blue always You know the sun is gonna shine in my back door some day
I'm going down to the river Oh you know I'm gonna sit right down right down there, on the ground You know if I get to thinkin' about my baby, I wanna jump overboard and drown
Well I'm going back to Jackson Oh you know to my old Jackson, Tennessee Where you know your girls ain't doin' nothin' but makin' a fool of me
Well I'm going down to the railroad Oh you know I'm gonna lay my head right down on the railroad iron I'm gonna let the two-nineteen ease my worried mind
Can't tell how long you're gone, can't tell how long you stay. It's good country fun, It's your home some day. Someday Baby, ain't no trouble for me, anymore.
Ah keep on dancin' baby, let me dance one dance. Well I know when I go, I'm livin' too fast. Someday....
I'll tell him about it, In my neighborhood. Gonna tell that little woman, that she don't do me no good. Someday...
{Riff stop, riff normal (then lead over verse).}
I know you're leaving, and your comin' back home. Oh, without my lovin lady, I can't stay long. Someday....
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Good Bye baby, Ah take my hand. Don't want no woman no, which ain't have no man. Someday baby, you ain't gonna trouble poor me, anymore.