Back Biting Bee Blues

Back Biting Bee Blues-Leola B. Wilson
Leola Wilson, vocal, Blind Blake, guitar in dropped-D tuning

INTRO

Early this morning heard somebody calling me
Early this morning heard somebody calling me
It wasn't my baby, that black, back-biting bee

Gonna take my razor, cut my honeysuckle's vine
Take my razor, cut my honeysuckle's vine
Some black bee done stole that honey of mine

Rather have my head in alcohol, my body on some railroad track
Gonna have my head in alcohol, my body on some railroad track
Than to have that black bee, bitin' me in my back

SOLO (humming during solo)

It's rainin' in my kitchen, lightnin' on my wall
It's rainin' in my kitchen, lightnin' on my wall
I know by that, some mule is kickin' in my stall

CODA

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