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Blues Lyrics - Memphis Minnie
What's The Matter With The Mill
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by
Memphis Minnie
recording of 19
from
Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2 (1930-1931) (Document DOCD-5029)
&
With Kansas Joe (Blues Classics 13)
&
Bumble Bee (Indigo 2005)
KJ:
(spoken:
Say Minnie!
Where you going?
MM:
(spoken:
What you want, Kansas Joe?
I'm going to the mill; what do you think?
Have my corn ground
KJ:
For what?
Ahw, that old mill is done broke down
I'm just from down there
MM:
How do you know?
Ahw, and it broke you down
KJ:
Ahw, no, I went to get my corn ground
It done broke down
Yeah, it done broke down)
MM:
What's the matter with the mill?
Done broke down?)
MM:
Can't get no grinding, tell me what's the matter with the mill
Well, I had a little corn, I put it in a sack
Brought it to the mill and come right back
What's the matter with the mill?
What's the matter with the mill?
I can't get no
grinding
Tell me what's the matter with the mill
KJ:
It done broke down
It done broke down
MM:
(spoken: Ahw, grind it)
Now listen here folks, I don't want no stuff
You can't bring me my meal, bring me the husks
What's the matter with the mill?
What's the matter with the mill?
I can't get no grinding
Tell me what's the matter with the mill
KJ:
It done broke down
It done broke down
MM:
Well, my papa sat and cried, my brother did, too
They both been to the mill, they can't get nothing to do
What's the matter with the mill?
What's the matter with the mill?
I can't get no grinding
Tell me what's the matter with the mill
KJ:
It done broke down
It done broke down
Now listen here folks, I want you to bear this in mind
If you're going to the mill, you're just losing time
What's the matter with the mill?
What's the matter with the mill?
I can't get no grinding
Tell me what's the matter with the mill
KJ:
It done broke down
It done broke down
(spoken: Aww, grind it again)
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Note: in symbolic language the mill signifies the female sexual organs, the man is the miller, grinding a woman is having sex and the ground grain is the child, the meal;
Note 1: husks, a usually dry or membranous outer covering (as a pod or hull or one composed of bracts) of various seeds and fruits, in this case corn.
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