Topic: Mississippi Sheiks Lyrics

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Church Bell Blues - Mississippi Sheiks
Actual pitch: D-flat
Main guitar position: Dropped D
Fiddle position: D
Mandolin position: n/a
Second guitar position: n/a



Lyrics:
Every time I hear that lonesome church bell ring
Every time I hear that lonesome church bell ring
It reminds me of a girl I lost last Spring

Every time it ringing, makes me weep and moan
Every time it ringing, makes me weep and moan
I was thinking about my sweet baby I lost from my home

There are two white horses, slowly they drove along
There's two white horses, slowly they drove along
They was carrying my baby from her happy home

As they come near the churchhouse, bell begin to tone
As they come near the churchhouse, the bell begin to tone
And [there] was [true] every [day] that she is [gone] to a lonesome home

spoken: Oh, step on it

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Please Don't Wake It Up - Mississippi Sheiks
Actual pitch: E-flat
Main guitar position: E-flat
Fiddle position: E-flat
Mandolin position: n/a
Second guitar position: n/a



Lyrics:
Now the girl's got something, I don't know what it is
Every time they move it, Lord, it can't be still
Oh, don't wake it up, oh, don't wake it up
Now if you do, it will be too black bad

I may be right, I may be wrong
Can't get to some girls' house for [old Armstrong]
Oh, don't wake it up, oh, don't wake it up
Now if you do, it will be too black bad

They may have good hair, they may look neat
But when you take off their shoe, you can smell their stinking feet
Oh, don't wake it up, oh, don't wake it up
Now if you do, it will be too black bad

spoken: Oh, don't wake it up
spoken: It'll be too black bad

Now, some of these girls, they'll call you honey
But when you go to their house, they will smell mighty funny
Oh, don't wake it up, oh, don't wake it up
Now if you do, it will be too black bad

I'm going to tell you something baby, you know it's just right
Get you a bar of P and G and take a bath tonight
Oh, don't wake it up, oh, don't wake it up
Now if you do, it will be too black bad

She got up this morning, she looking mighty sweet
The mens all thought she's something good to eat
Oh, don't wake it up, oh, don't wake it up
Now if you do, it will be too black bad

Some days I worry, some days I don't
Babe, you got something that I sure, Lord, want
Oh, don't wake it up, oh, don't wake it up
Now if you do, it will be too black bad

You may look sorry, you may look mad
You ain't got nothing that I wished I had
Oh, don't wake it up, oh, don't wake it up
Now if you do, it will be too black bad

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Please Baby - Mississippi Sheiks
Actual pitch: E-flat
Main guitar position: E-flat
Fiddle position: E-flat
Mandolin position: n/a
Second guitar position: n/a



Lyrics:
Please baby, please baby
Won't you come back to your baby one more time
You know baby, you know baby
When I get my money I will give you my last dime
When you left me babe, you left me feeling so blue
You know babe, I didn't love no one but you
Please baby, please baby
Won't you come back to your daddy one more time

I'm so blue baby, I'm so blue baby
I can't sleep at night, can't hardly talk for crying
You know baby, you know baby
You are always forever on my mind
Since you been gone I can't sleep at night
I go to take my meals I can't eat a bite
Please baby, please baby
Won't you come back to your daddy one more time

Please baby, please baby
Won't you come back and leave that other man alone
Please baby, please baby
I need you here to carry my loving on
I know babe I didn't treat you right
I need your loving both day and night
Please baby, please baby
Won't you come back to your daddy one more time

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Things About Comin' My Way - Mississippi Sheiks
Actual pitch: G
Main guitar position: G
Fiddle position: G
Mandolin position: n/a
Second guitar position: n/a



Lyrics:
Lost all my money, didn't have a dime
Giving up this whole world, leaving it behind
But after all of my hard traveling, things is about coming my way

When I was sick, down on my bed
My friends forsaken me and said I was dead
But after all of my hard traveling, things is about coming my way

Boys ain't it hard when you ain't got a friend
Just keep on traveling, you will need my help again
But after all of my hard traveling, things is about coming my way

Hey, I don't worry
Hey, I don't worry
Hey, man, things is about coming my way

I'm always sweet, ain't never mad
Thinking over the tough luck I once have had
But after all of my hard traveling, things is about coming my way

Take me baby just as I am
Hasn't got any money, I'm all in a jam
But after all of my hard traveling, things is about coming my way

She told all my neighbors and all my friends
That I was a dirty mistreater, you wouldn't have me back again
But after all of my hard traveling, things is about coming my way

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The World Is Going Wrong - Mississippi Sheiks
Actual pitch: G
Main guitar position: G (possibly half-spanish)
Fiddle position: G
Mandolin position: n/a
Second guitar position: n/a



Lyrics:
Strange things has happened like never before
My baby told me I would have to go
I can't be good no more once like I did before
I can't be good, baby, honey, because the world's gone wrong

Feel bad this morning, ain't got no home
No use of worrying, because the world's gone wrong
I can't be good no more once like I did before
I can't be good, baby, honey, because the world's gone wrong

I told you, baby, right to your head
If I didn't leave you I would have to kill you dead
I can't be good no more once like I did before
I can't be good, baby, honey, because the world's gone wrong

I tried to be loving and treat you kind
But it seems like now I got no loving mind
I can't be good no more once like I did before
I can't be good, baby, honey, because the world's gone wrong

If you have a woman and she don't be kind
Pray to the good Lord to get her off your mind
I can't be good no more once like I did before
I can't be good, baby, honey, because the world's gone wrong

Then, when you been good, now, can't do no more
Just tell her kindly, "There is the front door."
I can't be good no more once like I did before
I can't be good, baby, honey, because the world's gone wrong

Pack up my suitcase, give me my hat
No use to ask me, baby, because I'll never be back
I can't be good no more once like I did before
I can't be good, baby, honey, because the world's gone wrong

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She's A Bad Girl - Mississippi Sheiks
Actual pitch: C
Main guitar position: C
Fiddle position: C
Mandolin position: n/a
Second guitar position: n/a



Lyrics:
Your mama was a teddy, your sister was a bear
But your mother's on your papa because she had bad hair
She's a bad girl, she's a bad girl
Takes toilet soap and water, baby, for to change your smell

I got an old girl, she's long and tall
She can shake her shimmy from wall to wall
She's a bad girl, she's a bad girl
Takes toilet soap and water, baby, for to change your smell

She's long and tall, rough you know
The wind from her nose blowed open the door
She's a bad girl, she's a bad girl
Takes toilet soap and water, baby, for to change your smell

People come running from their home
Thought somebody had turned on the lawn
She's a bad girl, she's a bad girl
Takes toilet soap and water, baby, for to change your smell

Skin on her face rough as bark on a tree
The knots on her head thick as sand on the sea
She's a bad girl, she's a bad girl
Takes toilet soap and water, baby, for to change your smell

She had a brother whose name was Bud
His nose hung down like a police club
She's a bad girl, she's a bad girl
Takes toilet soap and water, baby, for to change your smell

There is a girl, her name is Nell
When she walks down the street, she don't smell so well
She's a bad girl, she's a bad girl
Takes toilet soap and water, baby, for to change your smell

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Tell Me What The Cats Fight About - Mississippi Sheiks
Actual pitch: C
Main guitar position: C
Fiddle position: C
Mandolin position: n/a
Second guitar position: n/a



Lyrics:
spoken: Wonder what's the matter with these old cats around here?  Can't nobody sleep for howling all night long.  Scat out of here!

All night the cats quarrel
It seems that every cat was there in the world
Oh, what's that thing? Oh, what's that thing?
Won't you please tell me what the cats all fighting about?

The old tomcat had all the kittens around
To see him fight the bravest cat in town
Oh, what's that thing? Oh, what's that thing?
Now, won't you please tell me what the cats all fighting about?

The old tomcat bought him some boxing gloves
To fight the others because they was trying to love
Oh, what's that thing? Oh, what's that thing?
Now, won't you please tell me what the cats all fighting about?

spoken:  Scat!

It ain't no [], it ain't no rat
Most anything will fight about that
Oh, what's that thing? Oh, what's that thing?
Now, won't you please tell me what the cats all fighting about?

What makes the tomcat fight so brave?
Fighting about something that he sure, Lord, craves
Oh, what's that thing? Oh, what's that thing?
Now, won't you please tell me what the cats all fighting about?

The old tomcat sit in the middle of the ring
To fight the others because they're shaking that thing
Oh, what's that thing? Oh, what's that thing?
Now, won't you please tell me what the cats all fighting about?

It ain't so big, it ain't so shy
A little-bitty spot the size a rabbit's eye
Oh, what's that thing? Oh, what's that thing?
Now, won't you please tell me what the cats all fighting about?

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Kind Treatment - Mississippi Sheiks
Actual pitch: C
Main guitar position: C
Fiddle position: C
Mandolin position: n/a
Second guitar position: n/a



Lyrics:
Oh, I wonder where is kind treatment, now?
Oh, I wonder where is kind treatment, now?
I am at the need of helping, kind treatments ain't nowhere around

Oh, when I was sick and down on my bed
Oh, when I was sick and down on my bed
Lordy, everybody forsaken me and kind treatment come and held my aching head

When I struck tough luck and was all locked and barred in jail
When I struck tough luck and was all locked and barred in jail
Lordy, didn't anybody know me and kind treatments come and went my bail

Oh, I wonder where is kind treatment, now?
Oh, I wonder where is kind treatment, now?
If I ever once needed you, kind treatment won't you please come around?

When I was a [little button], straying [to where away] from home
When I was a [little button], straying [to where away] from home
Lordy, kind treatment wrote me a letter and said Walter you did your poor [parents] wrong

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Livin' In A Strain - Mississippi Sheiks
Actual pitch: C (s)
Main guitar position: C
Fiddle position: C
Mandolin position: n/a
Second guitar position: n/a



Lyrics:
Now the people's crying mercy but their whole world is now in a strain
Now the people's crying mercy but their whole world is now in a strain
I am going to the courthouse and have the judge to change my name

I was out this morning, I looked up at the rising sun
I was out this morning, I looked up at the rising sun
Now this strain that I'm in, it will take me two years to overcome

Now let me tell you boys how your friends will treat you when you're in a strain
Now let me tell you boys how your friends will treat you when you're in a strain
They won't even come around you and call you a round of dirty names

I really believe I'm going to have to leave this town
I really believe I'm going to have to leave this town
Because this strain that I'm in, it is really carrying me down

I was out this morning, I looked up at the rising sun
Was out this morning, I looked up at the rising sun
And now this strain that I'm in, it will take me two years to overcome

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Lazy, Lazy River - Mississippi Sheiks
Actual pitch: E-flat
Main guitar position: E-flat
Fiddle position: E-flat
Mandolin position: n/a
Second guitar position: n/a



Lyrics:
I've been blue all day, just walking here on [borrowed] ground
I've looked beneath of the daisies, my pal could not be found
She's down that lazy river and I'm just lost from here
That's the only place between heaven and earth I long to get

When I find that river, that lazy, lazy river
Then my life will be complete
I searched the whole world over, I've slept out on the clover
Hoping there to rest my feet
I've searched beneath of the daisies and looked up in the moon
I followed every rainbow and I hope to be there soon
And when I find that river, that lazy, lazy river
Then I'm coming home for you

If I could find that river, that lazy, lazy river
Then my life will be complete
I searched the whole world over, I've slept out on the clover
Hoping there to rest my feet
I've searched beneath of the daisies and looked up in the moon
I followed every rainbow and I hope to be there soon
And when I find that river, that lazy, lazy river
Then I'm coming home for you

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Too Long - Mississippi Sheiks
Actual pitch: D
Main guitar position: E-flat
Fiddle position: E-flat
Mandolin position: n/a
Second guitar position: n/a



Lyrics:
My baby she left me, she never said a word
It was on account of something that she heard
She thought when she left, I'd run around and cry
But there's a crepe on my door for you, I bidded you goodbye

Too long, you waited too long to come home
Now your daddy don't need you no more
Too long, you don't belong here any more
So stop your knock-knocking on my door
Now you left me, sweet mama, for no good reason at all
And now there's another mule kicking in your same old stall
Too long, you waited too long to come home
Now your daddy don't need you no more

Too long, you waited too long to come home
Now your daddy don't need you no more
Too long, you don't belong here any more
So stop your knock-knocking on my door
Now you left me, sweet mama, for no good reason at all
And now there's another mule kicking in your same old stall
Too long, you waited too long to come home
Now your daddy don't need you no more

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Shake Hands And Tell Me Goodbye - Mississippi Sheiks
Actual pitch: E-flat
Main guitar position: E-flat
Fiddle position: E-flat
Mandolin position: n/a
Second guitar position: n/a



Lyrics:
I don't want you no more sweet baby, shake hands and tell your daddy goodbye
I don't want you no more sweet baby, you didn't love me nohow
Last night, the night before
I saw another man knocking on your door
I don't want you no more sweet baby, shake hands and tell your daddy goodbye

I don't want you no more sweet baby, shake hands and tell your daddy goodbye
I don't want you no more sweet baby, you didn't love me nohow
I worked all the winter, the winter was tough
With another man, just a-strutting your stuff
I don't want you no more sweet baby, shake hands and tell your daddy goodbye

I don't want you no more sweet baby, shake hands and tell your daddy goodbye
I'm leaving this town tomorrow, no use to sigh and cry
I was good when you was sick and good when you was well
No use to pray when you get in hell
I don't want you no more sweet baby, shake hands and tell your daddy goodbye

I don't want you no more sweet baby, shake hands and tell your daddy goodbye
I done everything I could do, still you pass me by
I worked all the winter in the chilly winds
You giving your loving to the other men
I don't want you no more sweet baby, shake hands and tell your daddy goodbye

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Bed Spring Poker - Mississippi Sheiks
Actual pitch: E-flat
Main guitar position: E-flat
Fiddle position: E-flat
Mandolin position: n/a
Second guitar position: n/a

Lyrics:
Bed pring poker is an awful thing
Most everybody loves to play that game
Bed spring poker's a ruination to a-many man
Now if you keeps on playing it you will lose the last dollar from your hand

Most every man has a game in his home
Ruther play somebody else's than to play his own
Bed spring poker's a ruination to a-many man
And if you keeps on playing it you will lose the last dollar from your hand

There's a brownskin woman lives out on the hill
She used to play poker and she plays it still
Bed spring poker's a ruination to a-many man
And if you keeps on playing it you will lose the last dollar from your hand

spoken: Oh, look at that old bed shaking.
spoken: That's what they call bed spring poker.

When she gets to playing it, she plays it in a rush
You will have three aces but she will have a royal flush
Now bed spring poker's a ruination to a-many man
And if you keeps on playing it you will lose the last dollar from your hand

There is a man, name is Bill
He used to play poker and he plays it still
Now bed spring poker's a ruination to a-many man
And if you keeps on playing it you will lose the last dollar from your hand

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When You're Sick With The Blues - Mississippi Sheiks
Actual pitch: E-flat
Main guitar position: E-flat
Fiddle position: E-flat
Mandolin position: n/a
Second guitar position: n/a



Lyrics:
I was out this morning, I wasn't feeling just right
I've had a funny feeling all day and all night
When you're sick with the blues, don't know what to do
Get a brownskin woman and let her perform an operation on you

There's a brownskin woman, she lives out on the hill
She used to cure patients and she cures them still
When you're sick with the blues, don't know what to do
Get a brownskin woman and let her perform an operation on you

She will take a [restorating] from your head on down
You'll think you'll be in heaven, but you will still be in town
When you're sick with the blues, don't know what to do
Get a brownskin woman and let her perform an operation on you

spoken: Oh, when you're sick with the blues

You will feel better than you ever felt in your life
Trying to get the doctor woman to be your wife
When you're sick with the blues, don't know what to do
Get a brownskin woman and let her perform an operation on you

You'll ask the doctor woman about being your wife
Her daily occupation is saving sick men's life
When you're sick with the blues, don't know what to do
Get a brownskin woman and let her perform an operation on you

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I've Got Blood in My Eyes for You - Mississippi Sheiks
Actual pitch: F
Main guitar position: F
Fiddle position: F
Mandolin position: n/a
Second guitar position: n/a



Lyrics:
I was out this morning, feeling blue
I say to a good-looking girl, "Can I make love with you?"
Hey, hey, baby, I've got blood in my eyes for you
Hey, hey, baby, I've got blood in my eyes for you
I've got blood in my eyes for you baby, I don't care what in this world you do

I went back home, put on my tie
Going to get that girl that this money will buy
Hey, hey, baby, I've got blood in my eyes for you
Hey, hey, baby, I've got blood in my eyes for you
I've got blood in my eyes for you baby, I don't care what in the world you do

She looked at me, begin to smile
Hey hey man, can't you wait awhile
No, No, baby, I've got blood in my eyes for you
No, No, baby, I've got blood in my eyes for you
I've got blood in my eyes for you baby, I don't care what in the world you do

spoken: Oh, I've got blood in my eyes for you.

No, no, man, I can't wait
You got my money, trying to break this date
Hey, hey, baby, I've got blood in my eyes for you
Hey, hey, baby, I've got blood in my eyes for you
I've got blood in my eyes for you baby, I don't care what in the world you do

I'm going to tell you something, going to tell you the fact
If you don't want me, give my money back
Hey, hey, baby, I've got blood in my eyes for you
Hey, hey, baby, I've got blood in my eyes for you
I've got blood in my eyes for you baby, I don't care what in this world you do

It ain't no need of getting rocks in your jaws
You ain't going to get none of my Santa Claus
Hey, hey, baby, I've got blood in my eyes for you
Hey, hey, baby, I've got blood in my eyes for you
I've got blood in my eyes for you baby, I don't care what in this world you do