Letras
(Lyrics)
Born
Blind
You been talkin' about your woman, I sure wish that you cold see mine
You been talkin' about your woman, I sure wish that you cold see mine
Every time the little girl start to lovin', she bring eyesight to the blind
Her daddy must have been a millionaire, cause I can tell by the way she walk
Her daddy must have been a millionaire, cause I can tell by the way she walk
Every time she start to lovin', the deaf and dumb begin to talk
All right... (solo)
I remember one Friday morning the little girl was makin' up her bed,
Man in the next room was dyin', stopped down and held up his head
He said Man, ain't she pretty
And the whole state know she's fine
Every time she start to lovin', she bring eyesight to the blind
Let's go now... (solo)
Fattening
Frogs For Snakes
It took me a long time, to find out my mistakes
Took me a long time, to find out my mistakes
(it sho' did man)
But I bet you my bottom dollar, I'm not fattenin' no more frogs for snakes
I found out my downfall, back in nineteen and thirty
(I started checkin')
I found out my downfall, from nineteen and thirty
I'm tellin' all of my friends, I'm not fattenin' no more frogs for snakes
All right now... (solo)
Yeh it is nineteen and fifty-seven, I've got to correct all of my mistakes
Whoa man, nineteen and fifty-seven, I've got to correct all of my mistakes
I'm tellin' my friends includin' my wife and everybody else,
not fattenin' no more frogs for snakes
Let
Your Conscience Be Your Guide
Hold up your head, and don't let your conscience get you down
Hold up your head darlin', don't let your conscience get you down
If you never lie to me, I'll always be around
You are the same little woman, was so nice and kind to me in every way
You are the same little woman, was so nice and kind to me in every way
But if you never lie to me, I'll be by your side both night and day
You have a strong constitution, and I'm not gonna let you down
You have a strong constitution, and I'm not gonna let you down
And if you never lie to me darlin', I'll always be around and I won't let you down
Yeah man... (solo)
Lonesome
Cabin
Gravado
em junho de 1960
In my one room little cabin, just me and my little girl alone
In my one room little cabin, just me and my little girl alone
It makes a man feel so good when she wrap way back in your arms
The little room is so small, I can't even put up no cookin' stove
The little room is so small, till I can't put up no cookin' stove
But you can tell from the weather, it's so cold, so cold outdoors
I could hear it rainin', and see the lightnin' flashin' on my window pane
Could hear it rainin', could hear it rainin', and I could see the lightnin'
flashin' on my window pane
But the little girl lay her head up in my chest and said "I love you, and I'm not ashamed"
Nine
Below Zero
Gravado
em 08 de setembro de 1961.
Yeah, ain't that a pity, people ain't that a cryin' shame
Ain't that a pity, I declare it's a cryin' shame
She wait till it got nine below zero, and put me down for another man
I give her all my money, all of my lovin' and everything
All of my money, all of my lovin' and everything
It done got nine below zero and she done put me down for another man
Nine below zero, the little girl she done put me down
Nine below zero, the little girl she done put me down
She know I don't have nowhere to stay, and I don't have not one dime
Ninety
Nine
Darling you know exactly what happened, last year just about this time
Yes you know exactly what happened, last year just about this time
You asked me for one hundred dollars, and I didn't have but ninety nine
Yes I'm in love with the little girl, just because she's so nice and kind
I'm in love, I'm in love with the little girl, just because she's so nice and kind
I was so sorry when she asked me for one hundred dollars,
I couldn't give her but ninety nine
Yes my baby taken sick on July twenty-nine
Yes the one I love she taken sick on July twenty-nine
Her doctor billed her four hundred dollars,
And I didn't have but three hundred and ninety nine
Santa
Claus
Gravado
em abril de 1960.
My baby went shoppin' yesterday,
said "I'm gonna buy what you need for Santa Claus"
My baby went shoppin' yesterday,
said "I'm gonna buy what you need for Santa Claus
I'm gon' take mine with me,
but I leave yours in my dresser drawer"
So that started me to ramblin',
lookin' in all of my baby's dresser drawers
Whoaw that started me to ramblin',
lookin' all in my baby's dresser drawers
Tryin' to find out,
what did she bought me for Santa Claus
When I pull out the bottom dresser drawer,
the landlady got mad and called the law
When I pull out the bottom dresser drawer,
the landlady got mad and called the law
I was just tryin' to find,
what did she bought me for Santa Claus
The police walked in and tapped me on the shoulder,
"what you're doing with your hand in that woman's dresser drawer?"
And the police was lettin' my baby... (incompreensível)
showin' where should I find my Santa Claus
I just kept on pullin' out
all of my baby's dresser drawers
I walked out and left the police and the landlady arguin',
said "look at the man done pull out all the lady's dresser drawers"
Yes I walked out and left the police and the landlady arguin',
said "look at the man done pull out all the lady's dresser drawers"
But he said "I'd like to let 'm show the judge
the boy just tryin' to find his Santa Claus"
Oh yeah
Temperature
110
Gravado
em junho de 1960.
Nine below zero on the outside,
but I brought my baby's temperature to a hundred and ten
Nine below zero out on the outside,
and I brought my baby's temperature to a hundred and ten
Ever since the little girl put me down for another man
I give 'r all of my money, my lovin' and everything
All of my money, all my lovin' and everything
I brought my baby's temperature up to a hundred and ten,
and she done put me down for another man
Temperature nine below zero on the outside,
I brough my baby's temperature up to a hundred and ten, oh yes I did
Nine below zero,
and I brought my baby's temperature up to a hundred and ten, oh yeah
Ever since then she done put me down for another man
The
Key (To Your Door)
Gravado
em 7 de agosto de 1956 - Esta versão pode ser encontrada apenas no CD
"The Essential Sonny Boy Williamson" (duplo) - Chess/MCA.
It's just one thing baby I'm asking you to do
It's just one little thing baby I'm asking you to do
Please give me back your key to your door
I called the little girl about a quarter after nine
I called the little girl one morning about a quarter after nine
The landlady say "I'm sorry, she's not in at the present time"
(solo)
I called my baby back about fifteen after four
I called my baby back fifteen after four
I said darling, would you please give me back the key to your door?
Help
Me
You got to help me
I can`t do it all by myself
You got to help me baby
I can`t do it all by myself
You know if you don`t help me darling
I`ll have to find myself somebody else
I may have to wash, may have to sew
I may have to cook, I might mop the floor
But you help me baby
You know if you don`t help me darling
I`ll find myself somebody else
(solo)
When I walk, You walk with me
When I talk, You talk to me
Oh baby, I can`t do it all by myself
You know If you don`t help me darling
I`ll have to go find myself somebody else
help me, help me darlin`
(solo)
Bring me my night shirt
Put on your mornin` gown
Oh, Bring me my night shirt
Put on your mornin` gown
Darling, I know I ain`t sleepin`
But I just feel like lying down
Oh yeah, Help me.
*Esta
música pode ser encontrada no CD "More Real Folk Blues" - Chess
Records.
Your
Funeral And My Trial
Please come home to your daddy, and explain yourself to me
Because I and you are man and wife, tryin' to start a family
I'm beggin' you baby, cut out that off the wall jive
If you can't treat me no better, it gotta be your funeral and my trial
When I and you first got together, 't was on one Friday night
We spent two lovely hours together, and the world knows allright
I'm just beggin' you baby, please cut out that off the wall jive
You know you gotta treat me better, if you don't it gotta be your funeral and my trial
Alright... (solo)
The good Lord made the world and everything / was in it
The way my baby love is some / solid sentiment
She can love to heal the sick / and she can love to raise the dead
You think I'm jokin' but you better be- / lieve what I say
I'm beggin' you baby, cut out that off the wall jive
Yeh you gotta treat me better, or it gotta be your funeral and my trial
Cross My Heart
If you cross your heart to someone
You`re not suposed to tell a lie
If you cross your heart to someone
You`re not suposed to tell a lie
Before you say a wrong
Or either do wrong
It have to be so long
Or either goodbye
The first time I crossed my heart
I was by your bedside on my knees
Yes, the first time I crossed my heart
I was by your bedside down on my knees
Sure enough, may (spoke)
And I know the difference between
I knew I`d have to beg you
Please, darlin`, help me please
I cross my heart
For you`re the one, yes I know
I cross my heart to you
To you baby, because I know
There`s no one else, I know
Anything you tell me to do
I have to do it or I`ll have to go
All
My Love In Vain
My heart has been broken
And all of my love`s in vain
Heart have been broken
And all my love`s in vain
But the people`s always told me
That woman was the glory of a man
You whip her when she need it
The judge will not let you explain
Whip her when she need it
The judge will not let you explain
Because he believe in justice
and a woman is the glory of a man
I`d rather be tied out on the desert
Right out in the falling rain
Tied out on the desert
Right out in the falling rain
Than to lose my baby
She is the glory of a man
Cool
Disposition
My baby`s a kind hearted woman
So lovely, so sweet, she so kind
Yeah, she`s a kind hearted woman
So lovely, so sweet, she`s so kind
She`s got such a cool disposition
She just makes me love her all the time
She got me pretty please
Peoples, I just can`t sleep at night
Got me pretty please
You know boys, I just can`t sleep at night
I don`t even my breakfast in the morning
And my teeth and tongue beggin to fight
Yes, she`s forty one through the shoulders
Twenty nine in the waist
I`ll never find an other woman
to take my baby`s place
She`s so lovely, she`s so sweet, she`s so kind
She`s got such a cool disposition
makes me love her all the time
Checkin`Up
My Baby
I`m checkin`up my baby
Find out what she puttin`do
I`m checkin`up my baby
Trying to find out what she puttin down
So many nights and days
You know I have been out of town
I`m afraid to write a letter
I wouldn`t even make no telephone call
I`m afraid to write a letter
I did`nt make no telephone call
Cause I didn`t want my baby to know
I was back in town at all
Wouldn`t even call nobody
I wouldn`t even be seen
I didn`t talk to nobody
and I didn`t want to be seen
I want to sleep off my pity as a midnight dream
Checkin`, checkin`up on my baby
Tryin` to find out what she puttin`down
Checkin` up on my baby
trying find out what she puttin down
Because I been a longtime
Since I been back in town
Don`t
lose Your Eye
Don`t
lose your eye
Man to spite your face
I don`t want you to lose an eye
Man to spite your face
Because if people started smitchin`on you
Can`t hide at no place
If
you do wrong the world goin`find you out
If you do wrong darling person
The
world goin`find you out
You know you can`t do wrong and get by anything you try to dodge
they`ll doubt
if
I was you
I`d play fair in anything I do
if
I was you
I would play fair in anything I do
Anything time the people find out that you`re crocked man
They`re not goin` do nothin in the world for you
My
daddy tautht me
whou man, since I was a child
My daddy tautht me
ever since I was a child
Always
treat your neighbor right be fair
with your friends like wise
Don`t
Start Me To Talkin`
Goin`down
the rosies
Stop and fanny mays
Gonna tell fanny what I heard her boyfriend say
Don`t start me to talkin
I`ll tell everything I know
I`m gonna break up this signifyin`
Cause somebody got to go
Jack
give his wife
Two dollars to go down town and get some market
Gets out on the streets
Ol` George stopped her
He knocked her down and blackened her eye
Shes get back home tell her husband a lie
Don`t start me to talkin`
I`ll tell everything I know
I `m gonna break up this signigyin`
somebodyà got to go
She
borrowed some money
Go to the beauty shop
He honked his horn she begun to stop
Said, Take me baby around the block
I`m goin` to the beauty shop, where I can
Get my hair a chop
Don`t start me to talkin`
I`ll tell everything I know
Well, break up this signigyin`
oh, somebody`s got to go
Down
Child
Listen
downchild
Please take a fool`s advice
Listen downchild
Please take a fool`s advice
Don`t newer let no one woman ,
Man misuse you twice time she smiles
Says she don`t love no one but you
Everytime she smiles
Says, she don`t love no one but you
Everytime she smiles
Says, she don`t love no one but you
You better watch out buddy boy, little girl
Love to drop a chunk on you
I
tried so hard to not even think about my past life
I tried so hard even think about my past life
Because I don`t want to ever ever make a mistake in life
Baby,
I and you could be so happy
We can be so lovin` tonight
From now on darling
Yeah, We can be so happy be so lovey from now on
from now on
Because if I ever make a mistake in life
I know I`d ruin my happy home
Whoa
I
Don`t Know
At
eleven forty five the phone begain the ring
I heard someone say Sonny Boy and
I know that was my name
ho call you ?
I
don`t know
I don`t know
But i`m trying to get in touch my baby to find out
Why she disapoint me met the grey hound bus
And I met the train, She wasn`t on either one
AndI wanna know waht was to blame
I don`t know
I don`t know
But I`m still tryin` to get in touch whit my baby to find out
Why she disapoint me so
I
received a special deliver` I received a telegram
Then she called me long distance, she wanna know
Just where I am
For what : I don`t know
Man, I just don`t know
But I`m still tryin` to get in touch with my baby
To find out why she disapoint me so.
That`s
right,That`s right (spoke)
Keep
It To Yourself
Baby,
do me a favor
Keep your business to yourself
Please, darlin` do me a favor
Keep our business to yourself
I don`t want you to tell nobody in your family
And don`t mention to nobody else
Don`t tell your mother
Don`t tell your father
Don`t tell your sister
Don`t mention it to your brother
Please darlin` keep our business to yourself
Don`t tell nobody and don`t mention it to nobody else
You have a husband I have a wife
If you start to talk that will mess up our lives
Please, please, baby
Keep our business to yourself
Don`t you tell nobody
Don`t make it to nobody else
god bye darlin`(spoke)
Please
Forgive (
*Keep it to yourself* )
(SBW – recorded in 07-Aug.-1956 –Checker LP 1437)
I
know I hurt your feelin’s
and I’m asking you to forgive
I know I hurt your feelin’s darlin'
and I’m asking you to forgive
Because you got a sweet disposition
[that] strictly gives me a thrill
(harp
solo)
I’ll
admit, Darlin’,
I really done you wrong
I’ll admit, Baby,
I really done you wrong
But if you believe in me
you will be happy from this day on
(harp
solo)
I’ll
O-dmit, the words
I said were not right
I’ll admit, Little girl, the words
I said were not right
You’re too nice a girl to forgive me this night
I did you wrong and
I’m beggin’ you to forgive
I know I did you wrong and
I’m beggin’ you to forgive
Because your sweet disposition
strictly gives me a thrill
(You
know I do) |