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Blues Lyrics - Blind Joe Reynolds
Third Street Woman Blues
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by
Blind Joe
(Willie) Reynolds
recording of February 1930, Memphis, Tennessee
from
Complete Recorded Works of Son House & The Great Delta Blues Singers (Document DOCD 5002)
Hmm-mmm, where my Third Street woman now?
Hmm-mmm, where my Third Street woman now?
Thought she would cheat street me, got the coldest stuff in town
Don't like my ch-chick...
I had so much chicken till I heard cluckin' in my sleep
I got so much chicken till I heard cluckin' in my sleep
Don't like my table, mama, please don't dig so deep
Hmm hmm, I got a...
She's a big fat mama with the meat shakin' on her bone
She's a big fat mama with the meat shakin' on her bone
And every time she shake it, Lord, a hustlin' woman lose her home
She's got something that the men call a
stingaree
She's got something that the men call a stingaree
Four o'clock every morning, you turn it loose on me
Hmm-mmm, where my Third Street woman gone?
Hmm-mmm, where my Third Street woman gone?
Believe to my soul, she would hustle everywhere but home
If you can't be my rollin' mama, you can't spend your change
If you can't be my rollin' mama, you can't spend my change
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Note: this song was recorded under the performing name, Blind Willie Reynolds. Third Street refers to a street in
Vicksburg
, Mississippi. This song is derived from his life in Vicksburg at one time;
Note 1: "Don't like my ch-chick..." is obviously a recorded miscue on Reynold's part in trying to begin the next lyric;
Note 2: another obvious miscue on Reynold's part in trying to begin the next lyric.
Created by:
Bluesman Harry
Page last updated on:
May 28 2000
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