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Walking Blues

Eddie “Son” House, Fiddlin’ Joe Martin, Willie Brown & Leroy Williams
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I got up this morning, feeling around for my shoes Know by that, I got the walking blues I said I got up this morning, I was feeling around for my shoes I said know by that now, I got the walking blues The blues ain't nothing but a low-down shaking chill If you ain't had them, I hope you never will Oh, the blues is a low-down old shaking chill If you ain't had them, boys, I hope you never will When you get worried, drop me a line If I don't go crazy, honey, I'm good to lose my mind When you get worried, I said sit down and drop me a line If I don't go crazy, honey, I'm good to lose my mind Your hair ain't curly, your doggone eyes ain't blue If you don't want me, what the world I want with you? Oh, your hair ain't curly and your doggone eyes ain't blue I said now if you don't want me, baby, what the world I want with you? Don't a man feel bad, the good Lord, sun goes down He don't have nobody to throw his arms around? Can't a man feel bad, I said when the good Lord, sun goes down? I said he don't have a soul not to throw his arms around Look-a here, baby, what you want me to do? I've done all I could just to get along with you Look-a here, honey, what do you want old me to do? I said I done all I could, honey, just to get along with you You know I love my baby like a cow loves to chew her cud I'm laying around here though I ain't doing no good I love you, honey, like a cow loves to chew her cud Oh, I'm laying around here, baby, but I sure ain't doing no good You know the minutes seem like hours, the hours seem like days Seem like my baby done stopped her low-down ways Oh, the minutes seem like hours, I said hours seem like days You know it seem like my baby done stopped her old low-down ways I'm going to the gypsy now to have my fortune told I believe somebody's stealing my jelly roll I'm going to the gypsy, I believe I'll have my fortune told 'Cause I believe somebody is trying to steal my jelly roll I got up this morning feeling sick and bad, boys Thinking about the good times that I once have had I said soon this morning, I was feeling so sick and bad You know I was thinking about the good Times now that I ain't going to have The sun is going down behind that old western hill Yeah, yeah, oh, behind that old western hill And I wouldn't do nothing, boy, not against my woman's will You know I'm going away, I'm gonna stay a great long time I ain't coming back until you change your mind Oh, I'm going away, I believe I'll stay a great long time I said I ain't coming back, honey, until you change your mind