For what it's worth, The "A & V." that's the subject of "A. & V. Railroad Blues" is the Alabama and Vicksburg Railroad, which ran from Meridian Mississippi, near the border of Alabama, to Vicksburg on the Mississippi River. It was created in May 1889 by the reorganization of the Meridian and Vicksburg Railroad, and disappeared in June 1926 when its tracks and equipment were leased by the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad, eventually becoming part of the Illinois Central system.
Either the song had been in Little Brother Montgomery's repertoire for 10 years or more when he recorded it or the old name was still used for a while by the locals after the line had effectively changed hands.
Now, I left my home baby, honey, just to be with you And I left my home, darling, baby, just to be with you And you got me here, baby, and that’s the way you do
Now, my mother told me, and my father too Now, my mother told me, and my father too Say “Some good looking woman, really gon’ be the death of you”
But I love you, baby, and I’ll tell the world I do I love you, baby, and I’ll tell the world I do Then I hope someday, mama, you will come to love me too
SOLO
Now, my mother is dead, and my father too Now, my mother is dead, and my father too Now, I ain’t got nobody, to tell my troubles to
Now, the stars really are shinin’, and don’t the cloud look awful grey Now, the stars really are shinin’, don’t the cloud look awful grey I believe the tantalizin’ blues and trouble, is gonna follow me to grave
I’m a poor little boy, my baby treats me like a slave I’m a poor little boy, my baby treats me like a slave And I have the tantalizin’ blues, mama, Lord, most each and every day
Now, have you ever been sad and lonely, and did not know what to do Have you ever been sad and lonely, and didn’t know what to do And did not have nobody, Lord, to tell your troubles too
SOLO
The blues will awake you at night, mama, and worry you the whole day through The blues will awake you at night, mama, and worry you the whole day through And I got those blues so bad, mama, until I don’t know really what to do
Got a cool loving mama, and they call her Jessie P. I’ve got a got a cool loving mama, and they call her Jessie P. And she's the sweetest woman, has ever walked down Mulberry Street
Now, she's a kind loving baby, and give any man a thrill Now, she's a kind loving baby, and give any man a thrill Now, the reason I love her she live in Vicksburg, on the hill
SOLO
And I would love her, I love her, and I always will And I would love her, I love her, and I always will The reason I really love her, I thinks of Vicksburg on the hill
Thanks for posting that, Blues Vintage, what great singing and playing. I'm hearing "will" instead of "would" in the first two lines of the last verse. See what you think.
To me the vowel sound is a little funny, but he just repeats the "l" ending "will" on the beginning of "love". The meaning is not notably different either way, though if it's "would" he's covering all the verb tense bases.