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Blues Lyrics - Muddy Waters
Got My Mojo Working
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by
Preston Foster
McKinley Morganfield a.k.a. Muddy Waters
recording 1960
from probably
The Chess Box (MCA 80002)
Got my
mojo
working, but it just won't work on you
Got my mojo working, but it just won't work on you
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
I'm going down to Louisiana to get me a mojo hand
I'm gonna have all you women right here at my command
Got my mojo working
Got my mojo working
Got my mojo working
Got my mojo working
Got my mojo working, but it just won't work on you
Play on!
Got my mojo working
Got my mojo working
Got my mojo working
Got my mojo working
Got my mojo working, but it - uh uh - just won't work on you
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Note: the original version of Got My Mojo Working was sung in a jump blues style by
Ann Cole
. She performed the song on stage in 1956, which was how Muddy Waters found the song!. Muddy Waters adapted it to his style but the bassline is still the same. The song can be found on the 1999 Rhino Records anthology album
Jump, Jive & Swing
. These are the lyrics to the original version as sung by Ann Cole and written by
Preston Foster
I got my
black cat bone
, all pure and dry
I got a
four-leaf clover
, all hangin' high
Got my
hoodoo
ashes all around your bead
Got my black snake roots underneath your head
I got my
mojo
workin', but it just won't work on you
I want to love you so, till I don't know what to do
I got a gypsy woman givin' me advice
I got some red hot tips I got to keep on ice
I got a
rabbit foot
, I know it's workin' right
I got a strand of hair I'm keepin' day and night
Many thanks to
Anthony Albert Nassar
for contributing this information and the lyrics!
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