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Blues Lyrics - Muddy Waters
Ramblin' Kid Blues (version 2)
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by
McKinley Morganfield a.k.a. Muddy Waters
Henry "Son" Simms
Percy Thomas
Louis Ford
recording of July 24, 1942, Stovall, Mississippi
from
The Complete Plantation Recordings (Chess/MCA CHD-9344)
Well I am a ramblin' kid, I been ramblin' all of my days
Yes, I am a ramblin' kid, an' I been ramblin' all of my days
Well you know my baby, she want me to stop ramblin', so she says she'll change her ways
Well now, ain't no use in you ramblin', when your baby don't want you ramblin' 'round
Yeah, an ain't no use in you ramblin', when your baby don't want you ramblin' around
Well now you know if you keep on ramblin', she be done drove on outta this town
No, I ain't gonna ramble, babe, an I ain't gonna ramble no more
Yes, I ain't gonna ramble, tried it an I ain't gonna ramble no more
Well you know if I keep on a-ramblin', I be driftin' from door to door
Blow that thing boy!
Play a long time!
I feel lowdown this mornin'
Lord have mercy!
(What was she gonna do?)
Girl, I'm leavin', I'm leavin' babe
No I ain't gonna ramble no more
(Later I feel lowdown)
Sonny!
Girl now I'm leavin', I'm leavin' babe, now I ain't gonna ramble no more
Lord, I'm leavin' I'm leavin' (Lord have mercy), child, I ain't gonna ramble no more
Well you know I have been ramblin' 'round here, lose a woman ev'rywhere I go
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Note: track no. 8. This song is an Alan Lomax field recording of the Son Sims Four. Before moving on to Chicago, Muddy Waters was a member of this Mississippi Delta group.
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