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Offline ScottN

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Re: Pink Anderson Lyrics
« Reply #45 on: April 01, 2014, 11:06:57 AM »
From Carolina Blues Man

I Had My Fun



Intro

I done had my fun
If I don't get well no more
I done had my fun
If I don't get well no more
Yes my health is failin me
And I am going down slow

Please write and tell my mother
Tell mother what a shape I'm in
Please write and tell my mother
Tell mother what a shape I'm in
Mother please pray for me
And forgive me for all my sins

Mother please don't send no doctor
'Cause the doctor can't do me no good
Mother please don't send no doctor
I declare the doctor can't do me no good
Well it's all my fault
Mother I didn't do the things I should

On the next train south
Mother look for my clothes home, I ain't got none
On the next train south
Mother please look for my clothes home
And if you don't see my old body
All you can do is moan

Solo

Mother please don't worry
This is all in my prayer
Mother please don't worry
This is all in my prayer
[Hon'] you poor son's gone
He's out in this world somewhere


Thanks,
           Scott
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Re: Pink Anderson Lyrics
« Reply #46 on: April 01, 2014, 11:28:14 AM »
From Carolina Blues Man

Baby I'm Going Away



Intro

Yes I'm goin, Babe I'm going
And your crying ain't gon make me stay
The more you cry now pretty baby
The further you drive me away
Sure 'nough drive me 'way
Baby drive me 'way
Drive the poor boy away
Ah (guitar)

Lord I went, went to my baby's house
And I sit down on the stair
Walked right and sit right down here Mister Pink my husband just now left
He sure 'nough just now left
I mean he just now left
That old fool just now left
That he gone just now left
Ah (guitar)

Oh woman it ain't none a my business
Hon' but you know you know it sure ain't right
Lay 'round with your kid man all day pretty baby and play sick on your husband at night
I mean your husband at night
Sure love your man at night
[Xxx] poor fool
He been workin (guitar)
He love you too (guitar)

Solo

Won't you listen, listen Hon'
Won't you hear my lonesome blue
I ain't got no bottom now pretty baby in my last pair shoes
In my last pair
In my last pair shoes
In my last pair shoes


Thanks,
           Scott
« Last Edit: July 11, 2020, 01:56:47 PM by Johnm »

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Re: Pink Anderson Lyrics
« Reply #47 on: April 01, 2014, 11:44:44 AM »
From Carolina Blues Man

Baby Please Don't Go



Intro

Baby please don't go
Baby please don't go
Baby please don't go back to New Orleans
'Cause I love you so
Baby Please don't go

You got me way down here
You got me way down here
You got me way down here Babe in New Orleans
Baby please don't go
'Cause (guitar)

I know your man done gone
I know your man done gone
He's on the county farm he got his shackles on
Baby please don't go

I b'lieve my baby lied
I b'lieve my baby lied
I b'lieve my baby lied [xxx] but I'm satisfied
Baby please don't go
'Cause I love you so

You treat me like a dog
You treat me like a dog
You treat me like a dog gon make you walk the log
Baby please don't go
'Cause I love you so

Solo

You got me way down here
You got me way down here
You got me way down here Babe in New Orleans
Baby please don't go
'Cause I love you so


Thanks,
           Scott
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Re: Pink Anderson Lyrics
« Reply #48 on: April 01, 2014, 11:55:59 AM »
From Carolina Blues Man

Weeping Willow Blues



Intro

Baby where there ain't no lovin
Babe there ain't no gettin along, no sir
Where there ain't no lovin
Babe there ain't no gettin along
I been mistreated so much
I don't know right from wrong

Well that weepin willow
That lonesome turtle dove mmm hmm
That weepin willow
That lonesome turtle dove
You know life ain't worth livin
If you ain't with the one you love

Now last night I lied down
And I try to take my rest
Last night I lied down
And I try to take my rest mmm hm
And my mind start to wanderin
Like a wild geese in the West, play for me then

Solo

I said Baby you gon need
You gon need my help someday
Baby you gon need
You gon need my help someday mmm hmm
It may not be here
Baby it may be miles away

Solo - Mmm hmm I hear ya

Ah before I stay here Baby
And be outdone before I stay here
In your town and be outdone
Lord I ride every freight train
That the Southern ever run


Thanks,
            Scott
« Last Edit: July 11, 2020, 01:58:12 PM by Johnm »

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Re: Pink Anderson Lyrics
« Reply #49 on: April 01, 2014, 12:23:16 PM »
You're going berserk, Scott, well done!  It's worth mentioning that "Baby I'm Going Away" is Pink's version of "Catfish"; a similar version was done by Baby Tate, and they both sound like they came from Tommy McClennan's "Deep Blue Sea Blues".  They all have in common no mention of catfish.  And "I Had My Fun" is "Going Down Slow".
All best,
Johnm
« Last Edit: April 01, 2014, 12:25:52 PM by Johnm »

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Re: Pink Anderson Lyrics
« Reply #50 on: April 01, 2014, 10:32:54 PM »
Hi John, thanks...although the word berserk might better be used in comparing Bo Weevil Jackson's Devil and My Brown to Pink's Boweevil...sometimes I prefer Anderson's decaffeinated version :-)

Thanks,
               Scott
 
« Last Edit: April 01, 2014, 10:35:08 PM by ScottN »

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Re: Pink Anderson Lyrics
« Reply #51 on: April 03, 2014, 11:32:39 AM »
From Carolina Blues Man

Meet Me In The Bottom



Intro

Meet me in the bottom Bring my boots and shoes
A Lordy mama great God almighty
Meet me in the bottom bring my boots and shoes
Gal I've got to leave here and I ain't got no time to lose

I've got to go now can't come back no more
A Lordy mama great God almighty
Gotta go now can't come back no more
Honey I wouldn't mind leavin but I got so far to go

The woman I love right down on the ground
A Lordy mama great God almighty
Woman I love she's right down on the ground
And every time she kiss me makes my love come down

Solo

She wears number four shoes and twenty-five in the waist
A Lordy mama great God almighty
Number four shoes twenty-five in the waist
I can't find nobody take that woman's place

Solo

The woman I love her name is Lilly May
Good Lordy mama great God almighty
Woman I love her name is Lilly May
Well the wan I hate I see her everyday

Solo / outro


There is an extra verse in the version from Pink Anderson Carolina Medicine Show Hokum And Blues With Baby Tate

The woman I love woman I crave to see
Good Lordy mama great God almighty
Woman I love woman I crave to see
Boy she live in California she won't write to me



Thanks,
           Scott
« Last Edit: July 11, 2020, 01:58:59 PM by Johnm »

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Re: Pink Anderson Lyrics
« Reply #52 on: April 03, 2014, 11:43:32 AM »
From Carolina Blues Man

My Baby Left Me This Morning



Intro
Yes my baby left me this morning
That woman caught the Southern train
Lord my woman left me this mornin
And she caught that Southern train
When she got on board
Boys it almost [attled] my brain

Mmm I could hear the whistle blow
Mmm mama I could hear the whistle blow
Well she blowed just like
She ain't gonna blow no more

Lord I believe I'll call up China
I want to see my little gal there
Boys I believe I'll call up China
I wanna see my little gal there
And if she's not in China
Whoo boy she must be in East Saint Louis somewhere

Hon I'm comin in your backyard
I'm comin one more time tonight
Lord I'm comin in your backyard
I'm comin one more time tonight
Honey don't sic your puppies on me
Please don't let your bulldog bite

Solo / outro


Thanks,
           Scott
« Last Edit: July 11, 2020, 01:59:41 PM by Johnm »

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Re: Pink Anderson Lyrics
« Reply #53 on: April 03, 2014, 11:57:00 AM »
From Carolina Blues Man

Mama Where Did You Stay Last Night



Intro

Tell me pretty baby
Where in the world did you stay last night
Why your dress all wrinkled and your shoes wasn't tied up right

Woman I feel like snappin
My pistol in your face
Let the coal line graveyard be your restin place

Cryin I sure ain't got no lovin baby now
I sure I ain't got no no lovin baby now
She told me late last night you don't need no gal no how

I went and laid laid my head
On the lonesome railroad track
I got ta thinkin about my baby you oughtta seen me jerk it back

Cryin I sure ain't got no lovin baby now
I sure I ain't got me no lovin woman now
Told me late last night Pink you don't need no gal no how
I reckon I don't I ain't got one anyhow

Solo

Mmm hmm hey mama
You know that ain't no way to do
You got a man in jail and a kid in the avenue

Lord I sure ain't got no lovin baby now
I know I ain't got me no lovin woman now
She told me late last night you don't need no gal no how

If your best gal ever quit you
When you ain't done nothing wrong
Why your heart 'ould be in sorrow and your life won't last too long


Thanks,
           Scott
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Re: Pink Anderson Lyrics
« Reply #54 on: April 03, 2014, 12:06:59 PM »
From Carolina Blues Man

Big House Blues



Intro

Lord I'm on my way to the big house
And I don't even care
I'm on my way to the big house
Gal and I don't even care
I may get lifetime
And I may get the 'lectric chair

I wouldn't mind going to the big house
But I've got to stay there so long
I wouldn't mind going to the big house
Gal but I've got to stay there so long
They got me 'scuse of murder
When I ain't done nothing wrong

Lord I ain't got no money
And a job is hard to find
I ain't got me no money
And a job is hard to find
I been outta luck so long
I ain't got one lousy dime

Lord I once had a woman
And she did not mean me no good
Lord I once had a woman
That woman did not mean me no good
And she gave me so much trouble
I had to move from my neighborhood

Solo

Now here's all I've got to say
In the big house I soon will be
Here's all I've got to say
In the big house I soon will be
After these hard times over
Somebody please come and get poor me


Thanks,
            Scott
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Re: Pink Anderson Lyrics
« Reply #55 on: April 16, 2014, 02:53:28 PM »
From Medicine Show Man

Ain't Nobody Home But Me



Intro

Why don't you bring it on down to my house honey
Ain't nobody home but me
I been lookin at you all day long
Looks good to me
Now your papa gonna buy a Coca-cola
Play a piece on your [grama gramanola]
Why don't ya come on down come on here
Ain't nobody home but me do you hear me
Ain't nobody home but me

Why don't ya come on bring it on here
Ain't nobody home but me
I been lookin at you all day long
Looks good to me
I got a handful of nickels and a pocketful of dimes
A houseful of children ain't nay a one mine
So come on honey bring it on here
Ain't nobody home but me do you hear
Ain't nobody home but me

Solo

Why don't you walk talk squak mama
Ain't nobody home but me
I been lookin at you all day long
Ya looks good to me
Well the frog told the elephant says you needn't grunt
You just mad because you tail in the front
Come on down to my house honey
Ain't nobody home but me do you hear me
Ain't nobody home but me

Why don't you beat it up mess it up 'n' bring it on here
Ain't nobody home but me
I been lookin at you all day long
You looks good to me
When God made a woman yes He made em mighty funny
Made lips on her mouth just as sweet as any honey
Why don't you come on come on honey
Ain't nobody home but me do you hear me
Ain't nobody home but me

Solo

Why don't you come on come on here
Ain't nobody home but me
I been lookin at you all day long
You looks good to me
Well the monkey told the elephant I'll bet you a dime
You can't twist your tail like I twist mine
Come on down to my house baby
Ain't nobody home but me do you hear me
Ain't nobody home but me

Now you bring it on down to 250 South Forest's where I live
Ain't nobody here but me
I been lookin at you all day long
She looks good to me
Up here she's little down here small
Little bit further well whoo God dog
Come on down to my house honey
Ain't nobody home but me do you hear me
Ain't nobody home but me

Walk talk squak huh
Ain't nobody home but me
I been lookin 't you all day long
You looks good to me
I used to dance with the woman that they call [Shay] Red
When I got through boogie'n that fool fell dead
Come on down to my house babe
Ain't nobody home but me do you hear me
Ain't nobody home but me


Thanks,
          Scott
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Re: Pink Anderson Lyrics
« Reply #56 on: April 16, 2014, 03:10:23 PM »
From Medicine Show Man

South Forest Boogie



Intro

Lord I walked down Nasty Branch
And my feet get really got wringin' wet
The gal I was looking for
I ain't found her yet
But the South Forest Boogie
I got the South Forest Boogie
Babe 'm bout to lose my mind

Well you walk down West Henry
So many cars you're liable to get killed
You walk down South Forest
[? ? ?]
With the South Forest Boogie
With the South Forest Boogie
With the South Forest Boogie
Babe I'm bout to lose my mind

Solo

Now if your best gal quit you
Go on out of town
Go to the river and get you a chair an' sit down
If she don't come back to you
I tell you what to do
Jump in Nasty Branch because she ain't no more to you
With the South Forest Boogie
With the South Forest Boogie
I got the South Forest Boogie
Baby 'm bout to lose my mind

Cryin I
Ain't got nobody now
But I got the South Forest Boogie
I got the South Forest Boogie
I got the South Forest Boogie
Baby I'm bout to lose my mind

Solo

Well now if anybody happen to ask you
Who can pull the [sun / saw]
Tell 'em big hat Pink Anderson done been here and gone
With the South Forest Boogie
He had the South Forest Boogie boy
I got the South Forest Boogie
Babe I'm bout to lose my mind


Thanks,
           Scott
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Re: Pink Anderson Lyrics
« Reply #57 on: April 16, 2014, 03:19:05 PM »
From Medicine Show Man

That's No Way To Do



Intro

Now you talkin about your gal you ought to see mine
She ain't good lookin but she just fine
Oh baby that's no way to do

Hey hey get a string
Do it boy and play the thing
Oh baby that's no way to do

Mmm mmm
Hey hey
Oh mama that's n' way to do

Solo

Solo

Solo

Hey hey
Hey hey
Hey hey that's n' way to do

I had a drink of whiskey and I want some beer
Want some home brew but there ain't none here
Oh baby that's no way to do play

Solo

Solo

Hey hey
Gimme that string play
Play the thing (guitar)

Solo / outro


Thanks,
           Scott
« Last Edit: July 11, 2020, 02:03:23 PM by Johnm »

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Re: Pink Anderson Lyrics
« Reply #58 on: April 16, 2014, 03:32:14 PM »
From Medicine Show Man

I Got A Woman 'Way Cross Town



I got a woman way cross town
She's good to be ho yeah
I got a woman way cross town
She's good to me ho yeah
She give me money when I'm in need
She's a friend friend indeed
I got a woman way cross town
She's good to me ho yeah

She saves her lovin early in the morn
Just for me ho yeah
Saves her lovin early in the morn
Just for me ho yeah
Saves her lovin just for me
She my ba(by) can't you see
I got a woman way cross town
She's good to me ho yeah

She saves her lovin early in the morn
Just for me ho yeah
She saves her lovin early in the morn
Just for me ho yeah
Saves her lovin just for me
She's my ba(by) can't you see
I got a woman way cross town
She's good to me ho yeah



The version on Medicine Show Hokum And Blues With Baby Tate is essentially the same although he only sings verse 1 and 2 and doesn't repeat verse 2 as verse 3. Also, in verse 2 he enunciates the full "baby" instead of "ba"(by) from the version on Medicine Show Man

Thanks,
           Scott
« Last Edit: July 11, 2020, 02:04:05 PM by Johnm »

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Re: Pink Anderson Lyrics
« Reply #59 on: April 18, 2014, 04:45:55 PM »
From Medicine Show Man

Chicken



I try something here the other night
I'm sure gonna try some more
I'm gonna try the same thing here in this town
And I know I'll be a winner sho
I put my sack right on my back
Walked out late one night
I fill't that sack full of fow-l
And I did not have to fight

They was chicken chicken
He can go up in the balloon
Chicken chicken
Chicken he can hide behind the moon
Chicken chicken
I ain't gon let you be
I got a forty dollar warrant for the chicken tonight
He can't roost to high for me

I had no use for a chicken
Since one night late last Spring
A settin' hen bit my partner
Cause he stepped on her wing
The police come to see us 'bout it
And they slapped us all around
I never 'spect to rest contented now
'Til I eat every chicken in town

Yes chicken I love em too chicken
He can go up in the balloon
Chicken chicken
He can hide behind the moon
Chicken shop
I ain't gonna let you be
I got a forty dollar warrant for the chicken tonight
He can't roost too high for me

I love my chicken indeed I do
To your hen roost I will go
If you got any fat put it settin' up high
It'll soon be mine you know
The Chief Police and the big bulldog
We're sleepin side by side
I grabbed me a chicken by the wing
And through the crack I cry

I don't care if you don't never wake up
This fowl was in my hand
You don't stand no [sure will catch a]
This respec'able roguish man
I'm not scared of your knives and gun
Much less that lazy pup
You can keep on sleepin while the rogue is creepin
We don't care if you don't ever wake up

Yes it's chicken chicken
He can go up in the balloon
Chicken chicken
He can hide behind the moon but I'll find him
Chicken shop
I ain't gonna let you be
I got a forty dollar warrant for the chicken tonight
He can't roost too high for me

Well there's so much trouble in this land
I don't know how'r I feel
Look like all a my friends around me
Have learnt how to steal
When they steal a chicken
The chicken he'll holler just like a goat
When that chicken holler he'll twist his neck
And then shove him up under his coat

Then it's chicken chicken
He can go up in the balloon
Chicken chicken
He can hide behind the moon
Chicken shoo
I ain't gon' let you be
I got a forty dollar warrant for the chicken tonight
He can't roost too high for me


Thanks,
           Scott
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