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Blues Lyrics - King Solomon Hill
Whoopee Blues (Take 2)
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by
King Solomom Hill
recording of ca. January 1932, Crafton, Wisconsin
from
Backwoods Blues (Document DOCD 5036)
Wherever you been gone all day, that you may make
whoopee
all night
Tell me you been gone all day, that you may make whoopee all night
I'm gonna take my razor and cut your late hours, you wouldn't think I'd be servin' you right
Undertaker been here and gone, I gave him your height and seize
I said, "Undertaker been here and gone, I gave him your height and seize"
You be makin' whoopee with the devil in hell tomorrow night
You made me love you, now you got me for your slave
Baby, you done made me love you, now I got me for your slave
From now you'll be makin' whoopee, deep in your lonesome grave
Baby, next time you go out, carry your black suit along
Mama, next time you go out, carry your black suit along
Coffin's gonna be your prison, hell's gonna be your brand new home
I say the devil got 90,000 women, he just need one more
He's on the mountain callin' for you, baby, broke down, show 'em I'm gone
Cool, cool weather we're having, summer's almost out
Then I got to go to that valley
, ain't a house for 25 miles around
My poor feet are so tired, Lord help me some way
Then I got 300 miles to go, slammin' through this mud and gray
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Note: take 2 of Whoopee Blues is much more understandable and listenable than the first scratchy version. King Solomon Hill's voice excels in his falsetto on this later version;
Note 1: that valley, alternate text "Deatch Valley".
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Created by:
Bluesman Harry
Page last updated on:
June 5 2000
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