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Blues Lyrics - Robert Wilkins
Alabama Blues
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by J.B. Lenoir
recording of 1928-1935
from
The Original Rolling Stone (Yazoo 1077)
& Historical Records (ASC 5829-22),
I'll tell you, girl, I'm gonna tell you now
If you don't want me, please don't dog me around
If you don't want me, don't dog me around
My home ain't here, it's in most any old town
My home ain't here, it's in most any old town
My home ain't here, it's most any old town
I'm goin' up on a mountain and look down on the sea
Saw a bullyin'
alligator, she was doin' that shivaree
Saw a bullyin' alligator doin' the shivaree
Tell me, friend, ever since that bullyin' Stack
been made
Kansas City, Missouri, has been her regular trade
Kansas City, Missouri, been her regular trade
The Kate's
in the bend, the Stack is turnin' around and 'round
The stern wheel knockin', friend, I'm Alabama bound
The stern wheel knockin', I'm Alabama bound
My mama told me, an' old papa told me, too
Said, "Brownskin women, son, gonna be the death of you"
Said, "Brownskin women, gonna be the death of you"
I told mama last night, friends, and papa the night before
"If brownskin women kill me, mama, let me go"
"If brownskin women kill me, mama, let me go"
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Note 1: bullyin', a once fashionable superlative;
Note 2: shivaree, a noisy mock serenade to a newly married couple;
Note 3: Stack, probably a Mississippi riverboat;
Note 4: Kate, the Kate Adams, a fabled Mississippi riverboat. The last of three boats bearing this name (all of which were operated by the James Rees Gusquesne Engine Works and all of which were destroyed by fire) perished mysteriously in 1926, possibly at the hands of a bigot who resented its appearance in the movie "Uncle Tom's Cabin";
Note 5: Alabama bound, blues slang or Southward bound
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