Banta Rooster Blues

Banta Rooster Blues-Big Joe Williams
Big Joe Williams, vocal and guitar in Spanish tuning, Sonny Boy Williamson, harmonica, Ransom Knowling, bass, Judge Riley, drums

INTRO

What you need with a rooster, and he won't crow for day?
What you need with a rooster, and he won't crow for day?
Now, what you need with a man, now, and you, know he won't do nothin' that he say?

I'm gonna buy me a little banty rooster, gonna put 'im in my back door
I'm gonna buy me a banty rooster, gonna put 'im in my back door
Yes, so if another man stop by, boys, flap his wings and then he crows

My hook's in the water, yes, my cock's on top
Yes, my hook's in the water, man, and my cock's on top
But how in the world can I lose, people, with the help that I got?

HARMONICA SOLO (Spoken: Take it from me! Play it well! How much?)

Yes, I know my little dog, anywhere I hear him bark
Yes, I know my dog, boys, anywhere I hear him bark
Well, you know I can tell my little woman, if I feel her in the dark

Now, when I'm gone, when I'm gone, hang my picture on Jackson wall (Spoken: I mean Jackson, Mississippi)
Yeah, when I'm gone, when I'm gone, hang my picture on Jackson wall
Now, if anybody aks you, "What about it?", you can tell 'em "That's all, that's all, that's all."

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