Muddy Waters - Can't Be Satisfied (1948)

From a single in 1948

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

Rufus Thomas - Walking the Dog (1963)

From the album Walking the Dog in 1963



LADY MAC DRESSED IN BLACK
SILVER BUTTONS ALL DOWN HER BACK
HELLO TIPSY TOE
SHE BROKE THE NEEDLE AND SHE CAN'T SOW

chorus;
WALKING THE DOG
JUST A WALKING THE DOG
IT YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO IT
I'LL SHOW YOU HOW TO WALK THE DOG

ASKED MY MAMA FOR FIFTEEN CENTS
SEE THE ELEPHANT JUMP THE FENCE
HE JUMPED SO HIGH HE TOUCHED THE SKY
NEVER GOT BACK 'TILL THE FORTH OF JULY

chorus

MARY MARY QUITE CONTRARY
TELL ME HOW YOUR GARDEN GROWS
YOU GOT SILVER BELLS AND YOU GOT COCKTAIL SHELLS
PRETTY MAIDS ALL IN A ROW

chorus

OH OH
JUST A JUST A JUST A WALKING
JUST A JUST A JUST A WALKING
JUST A JUST A JUST A WALKING



IF YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO IT
I'LL SHOW YOU HOW TO WALK THE DOG

JUST A JUST A JUST A JUST A (8 times) WALKING
JUST A JUST A JUST A JUST A: (8 times) JUST A WALKING

JUST A WALKING

Elmore James - Dust my Broom (1951)

From a single in 1951



I'm gonna get up in the mornin',
I believe I'll dust my broom (2x)
Girlfriend, the black man you been lovin',
girlfriend, can get my room

I'm gon' write a letter,
Telephone every town I know (2x)
If I can't find her in West Helena,
She must be in East Monroe, I know

I don't want no woman,
Wants every downtown man she meet (2x)
She's a no good doney,
They shouldn't 'low her on the street

I believe, I believe I'll go back home (2x)
You can mistreat me here, babe,
But you can't when I go home

And I'm gettin' up in the morning,
I believe I'll dust my broom (2x)
Girlfriend, the black man that you been lovin',
Girlfriend, can get my room

I'm gon' call up Chiney,
She is my good girl over there (2x)
If I can't find her on Philippine's Island,
She must be in Ethiopia somewhere

T-Bone Walker - Street Walking Woman (1950)

From a single in 1950



I've got a street walkin' woman, she stays tall an
twisted all the time
I've got a street walkin' woman, she stays tall an
twisted all the time
She goes to bed with a fifth of whiskey an she wakes
up with a jug a-wine
She leaves home early in the mo'nin', then she don't
come back until the sun's goin' down
She leaves home in the mo'nin', an' she don't come
back until the sun is goin' down
She's always got her whiskey up to her mouth, and her
face full of ugly frown
I work hard everyday, try to make ends meet
I work hard everyday an try to make ends meet
All that woman wants to do, is keep her big feet in
the street
I love my street walkin' woman, she walks the avenue
up and down
I love my street walkin' woman, she walks the avenue
up and down
Sometime I wish she would start ta walkin', an' keep
on walkin' outta town

Alexis Korner - I'M Tore Down (1968)

From the album A New Generation Of Blues in 1968



Im tore down, Im almost level with the ground.
Im tore down, Im almost level with the ground.
Well, I feel like this when my baby cant be found.

I went to the river to jump in.
My baby showed up and said, I will tell you when.

Well, Im tore down, Im almost level with the ground.
Well, I feel like this when my baby cant be found.

I love you babe with all my heart and soul;
Love like mine will never grow old.
Love you in the morning and in the evening too.
Every time you leave me I get mad with you.

Chorus

I love you baby with all my might;
Love like mine is out of sight.
Ill lie for you if you want me to.
I really dont believe that your love is true.

Chorus

Im tore down, Im almost level with the ground.
Well, Im tore down, Im almost level with the ground.
Well, I feel like this when my baby cant be found.

Etta James - I'd Rather Go Blind (1969)

From the album Tell Mama in 1968



Something told me it was over
When I saw you and her talkin'
Something deep down in my soul said, 'Cry, girl'
When I saw you and that girl walkin' around

Whoo, I would rather, I would rather go blind, boy
Then to see you walk away from me, child, no

Whoo, so you see, I love you so much
That I don't wanna watch you leave me, baby
Most of all, I just don't, I just don't wanna be free, no

Whoo, whoo, I was just, I was just, I was just
Sittin here thinkin', of your kiss and your warm embrace, yeah
When the reflection in the glass that I held to my lips now, baby
Revealed the tears that was on my face, yeah

Whoo and baby, baby, I'd rather, I'd rather be blind, boy
Then to see you walk away, see you walk away from me, yeah
Whoo, baby, baby, baby, I'd rather be blind...

Solomon Burke - Cry to Me (1964)

From the album Rock 'n' Soul in 1964



When your baby leaves you all alone
And nobody calls you on the phone
Ah, don't you feel like crying?
Don't you feel like crying?
Well here I am my honey
Oh, come on you cry to me.

When you're all alone in your lonely room
And there's nothing but the smell of her perfume
Ah don't you feel like crying
Don't you feel like crying?
Ah don't you feel like crying?
Come on, come on cry to me.

Well nothing could be sadder
Than a glass of wine, all alone
Loneliness, loneliness, it's such a waste of time
Oh-oh yeah

You don't ever have to walk alone, oh you see
Oh come on, take my hand and baby won't you walk with me?
Oh ya

When you're waiting for a voice to come
In the night and there is no one
Ah don't you feel like crying? (cry to me)
Don't you feel like crying? (cry to me)
Ah don't you feel like a-ca-ca-cra-co-cra-co-cra-cra, (cry to me)
Cra-co-cra-co-cra-cra crying? (cry to me)
Ah don't you feel like a-cra-co-cra-co-cra-cra,
Cra-co-cra-co-cra-cra crying?...

Canned Heat - Going Up The Country (1968)

From the album Living The Blues in 1968



I'm goin' up the country, baby don't you wanna go?
I'm goin' up the country, baby don't you wanna go?
I'm goin' to some place where I've never been before.
I'm goin', I'm goin' where the water tastes like wine.
Well, I'm goin' where the water tastes like wine.
You can jump in the water and stay drunk all the time.
--- Solo ---
I'm gonna leave this city, got to get away.
I'm gonna leave this city, got to get away.
All this fussin' and fightin', man you know I sure can't stay.
Now baby, packin' up the truck you know I got to leave today.
Just exacly where I'm goin' I can not say, but we might even leave the USA.
It's a brand-new game and I don't wanna play.
--- Solo ---
No use of you running or screaming and crying
But you got a home man, long as I got mine.
--- Solo ---

Taj Mahal - Statesboro Blues (1967)

From the album Statesboro Blues in 1967
Written by Blind Willi McTell



'Yes now, wake up mama, turn your lamp down low.
Wake up mama, turn your lamp down low.
Have you got the nerve to drive poor papa Taj from your door?

Woke up this mornin' baby, I had them statesboro blues.
Statesboro Georgia, that is.
Woke up this mornin, had them statesboro blues.
Looked over in the corner, well my baby had 'em too.

Mama died and left me reckless, Papa died and left me wild,
I ain't good lookin baby, but I'm someone's sweet angel child.
Going to the country, baby do you want to go?
I know if you can't make it, your sister Lucille say she wanta go.

You know I loved that woman better than any woman I'd ever seen.
Yes I loved that woman better than any woman I'd ever seen.
She treat me like a king, I treat her like she was a doggone Queen.

wake up mama, turn your lamp down low.
Wake up mama, turn your lamp down low.
Have you got the nerve to drive papa Taj from your door?'