Blues In A Bottle

Blues In A Bottle-Prince Albert Hunt
Albert Hunt, fiddle and vocal, unknown back-up band (Prince Albert Hunt's Texas Ramblers)

Blues in the bottle, blues in the bottle
Stopper in my hand, pretty mama
Blues in the bottle, stopper in my hand
I'm goin’ back to Fort Worth, find me another man

Dig your taters, go dig your taters
It's tater diggin' time, pretty mama
Go dig your taters, it's tater diggin' time
Old man Jack Frost done an' killed your vine

Asked my baby, asked my baby
Could she stand to see me cry, pretty mama
Asked my baby could she stand to see me cry
She said, "Whoa, black daddy, I can stand to see you die."

Rooster chews tobacco, rooster chews tobacco
The hen uses snuff, pretty mama
The rooster chews tobacco and the hen uses snuff
The little chickens don't use nothin', but they strut their stuff

Goin’ to Tadinoonie, goin’ to Tadinoonie
See my pony run, pretty mama
Goin’ to Tadinoonie, see my pony run
If I win some money, gonna give my baby some

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