Topic: Mississippi Sheiks Lyrics

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I Can't Go Wrong - Mississippi Sheiks
Actual pitch: G
Main guitar position: G
Fiddle position: G
Mandolin position: n/a
Second guitar position: n/a



Lyrics:
Now, the government said right from the start
Do as he said do, we will do our part
Lord, the government's before me, oh, and I can't go wrong
Oh, the reason I'm singing this old lonesome song

The government went to Rockefeller, it [makes] no sand
He says, "Any way, government, to get this world to stand."
Lord, the government's before me, oh, and I can't go wrong
Now, that's the reason why I'm singing this old lonesome song

spoken: Play it, man, play it.
spoken: Yeah, the government's before us.

He went to Ford Brothers and told them like a man
They didn't care to sign any close there on their plan
Lord, the government is before me, oh, and I can't go wrong
And that's the reason why I'm singing this old lonesome song

It's on windows and doors in the shape of a bird
You don't have to wonder, or neither say you heard
Lord, the government is before me, oh, and I can't go wrong
And that's the reason why I'm singing this old lonesome song

spoken: Oh, fiddle that thing.

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Dead Wagon Blues - Mississippi Sheiks
Actual pitch: E
Main guitar position: E
Fiddle position: E
Mandolin position: n/a
Second guitar position: n/a



Lyrics:
spoken: [Yikes], what is that?
spoken: That's the ambulance

I hear the dead wagon rolling, it's something going on wrong, sweet baby
I hear the dead wagon rolling, it's something going on wrong
It must be carrying my baby
Eeee, from my happy home

Once that wagon rolls, it's something going on wrong, sweet baby
When the wagon rolls, it's something going on wrong
That will be my sweet mama
Eeee, left my happy home

spoken: Oh, play it man

The wagon is busy, as busy as it can be, good Lordy
The wagon is busy, as busy as it can be
Now the reason I know it
Eeee, took my woman from me

When they took my baby, I couldn't do nothing but cry, good Lordy
They took my baby, I couldn't do nothing but cry
That will be alright
Eeee, I'll see you by and by

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She's Going To Her Lonesome Grave - 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:
There she goes, as they go driving slow
She has gone to her lonesome grave
How lonesome am I?  I wish that I could die
She has gone to her lonesome grave
I sit around praying I'll see her someday
How lonesome am I?  I wish that I could die
She's the only one that my poor heart ever craved
She has gone to her lonesome grave

There she goes, as they go driving slow
She has gone to her lonesome grave
How lonesome am I?  I wish that I could die
She has gone to her lonesome grave
I sit around praying I'll see her someday
How lonesome am I?  I wish that I could die
She's the only one that my poor heart ever craved
She has gone to her lonesome grave

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Fingering With Your Fingers - Mississippi Sheiks
Actual pitch: B-flat
Main guitar position: B-flat
Fiddle position: B-flat
Mandolin position: n/a
Second guitar position: n/a



Lyrics:
Instrumental

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If You Don't Want Me Please Don't Dog Me 'Round - Mississippi Sheiks
Actual pitch: B-flat
Main guitar position: B-flat
Fiddle position: B-flat
Mandolin position: n/a
Second guitar position: n/a



Lyrics:
If you don't want me, please don't dog me around
If you don't want me, please don't dog me around
If she don't dog me 'round, I'd rather leave your town
If you don't want me, please don't dog me 'round

I'd rather be in the river, floating like a log
Rather be in the river, floating like a log
Be in the river, just floating like a log
Than to be 'round here, you treat me like your dog

He's a country man but he just done moved to town
He's a country man but he just done moved to town
He's a country man and he just done moved to town
Done sold his nuts, now he is walking 'round

spoken:  Oh, step on it.

And, let down your window and turn your lamp down low
Let down your window and turn your lamp down low
Let down your window and turn your lamp down low
Gonna make you love me, baby just before I go

spoken:  Oh, step on it.

I ain't no milkman and no milkman's son
I ain't no milkman and no milkman's son
I ain't no milkman and I ain't no milkman's son
But I can churn your butter 'til your milkman come

Now, 'cause you're in town, you need not think you're wise
Just 'cause you're in town, you need not think you're wise
'Cause you in town you needn't think you're wise
'Cause I got something, job right between your eyes

Edited 8/13/21 to pick up corrections from gmeyer, Johnm, Harry

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Wake Me Just Before Day - Mississippi Sheiks
Actual pitch: A-flat
Main guitar position: G
Fiddle position: G
Mandolin position: n/a
Second guitar position: n/a



Lyrics:
Run in here, baby, don't do me this way
Wake me and shake me just before day
Oh, baby, please wake me just before day
I can tell you something to drive your blues away

Blues is a worry stretches on your mind
Can't get a woman you love, you worry all the time
Oh, baby, please wake me just before day
I can tell you something, baby, to drive your blues away

spoken: Oh, step on it.

To love a woman that don't love you
Now you so blue you don't know what to do
Oh, baby, please wake me just before day
I can tell you something to drive your blues away

When you're asleep, all night through
Wake me before day, I'll be so loving to you
Oh, baby, please wake me just before day
I can tell you something to drive your blues away

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Old Grey Mule, You Ain't What You Used To Be - Mississippi Sheiks
Actual pitch: G
Main guitar position: G
Fiddle position: G
Mandolin position: n/a
Second guitar position: n/a



Lyrics:
My old mule, he ain't no good to me
He can't carry no rider and bring [it] [] [] []
Old grey mule, you ain't what you used to be
Yeah, the way you riding it now, sure ain't fooling me

Now you've eaten all my corn, wasted all my hay
You ain't no good for riding, night or day
Old grey mule, you ain't what you used to be
Yeah, the way you riding it now, sure ain't fooling me

spoken: Oh, [] []

You cutting home, [can't get] a trail
[] [] [] and you can swish your tail
Old grey mule, you ain't what you used to be
Yeah, the way you riding it now, sure ain't fooling me

After I [], [] on your back
[] [] [] [] and bring your rider back
Old grey mule, you ain't what you used to be
Yeah, the way you riding it now, sure ain't fooling me

spoken: Go on, [].  You don't get to work, no-how. [] [] [] [] [].
spoken: Whoa, what's the matter with you?

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What's The Name Of That Thing? - Mississippi Sheiks
Actual pitch: C
Main guitar position: C
Fiddle position: C
Mandolin position: n/a
Second guitar position: n/a



Lyrics:
Baby cooks [her] morning, to my appetite
Tastes so good to me, can't enough of it at night
What's the name of that thing? What's the name of that thing?
What's the name of that thing? I believe it's tasting good to me

Says it ain't no turkey, can't be no goose
[] [] [] [], [dress] to turn it loose
What's the name of that thing? What's the name of that thing?
What's the name of that thing? I believe it's tasting good to me

Run around my kitchen, peep through a crack
Seen my gal [] [] [] []
What's the name of that thing? What's the name of that thing?
What's the name of that thing? I believe it's tasting good to me

Well, it ain't no hen, can't be no guinea
[] [] [], daddy, really got-a-plenty
What's the name of that thing? What's the name of that thing?
What's the name of that thing? I believe it's tasting good to me

Say's it ain't no horse, can't be no mule
Any man don't like it, he's nothing but a fool
What's the name of that thing? What's the name of that thing?
What's the name of that thing? I believe it's tasting good to me

spoken: Oh, [name] it

Well, it ain't no steak, supposed to be []
Does me good from my head to my heel
What's the name of that thing? What's the name of that thing?
What's the name of that thing? I believe it's tasting good to me

Says it ain't no mutton, can't be no pork
Eat it long time, it gets like a billy goat [jelly roll?]
What's the name of that thing? What's the name of that thing?
What's the name of that thing? I believe it's tasting good to me

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Stir It Now - Mississippi Sheiks
Actual pitch: C
Main guitar position: C
Fiddle position: C
Mandolin position: n/a
Second guitar position: n/a



Lyrics:
Says I got the stove, my baby's got the pan
Stir her bread for another man
Oh, she's stirring it now, oh, stir it now
It ain't much [to spin] but stir it anyhow

Said, me and my baby had a falling out
[] [] [] was all about
It was stirring it now, oh, stir it now
It ain't much [to spin] but stir it anyhow

spoken: Oh, stir it.

Because I love women and she loves men
Sister wait as [] begin
Just stirring it now, oh, stir it now
It ain't much [to spin] but stir it anyhow

Run around my kitchen, peep through a crack
Seen my gal cooking [a dinner I like]
Just stirring it now, oh, stir it now
It ain't much [to spin] but stir it anyhow

spoken: Oh, stir it.

Says, run here, baby, set down on my knee
Just want to tell you how you worry me
About stirring it now, oh, stir it now
It ain't much [to spin] but stir it anyhow

Went to my window, couldn't peek through my blind
Heard my bed popping and my baby crying
She was stirring it now, oh, stir it now
It ain't much [to spin] but stir it anyhow

spoken: Oh, stir it.

Says look-a-here, baby, say you stir it so fast
I'm gonna stir up on your yas-yas-yas
About stirring it now, oh, stir it now
It ain't much [to spin] but stir it anyhow

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Jumping Out Blues - Mississippi Sheiks
Actual pitch: G
Main guitar position: G
Fiddle position: G
Mandolin position: n/a
Second guitar position: n/a



Lyrics:
Man and his wife lived in a shack
Had a mule, he named him Jumping Jack
Because he done jumped out, oh, I mean he done jumped out
Even down to his wife, crying about him jumping out

As he jump out every night, half past ten
Every time he jumps out, puts him back again
Because he done jumped out, oh, I mean he done jumped out
Even down to his wife, crying about him jumping out

Said, the woman told the man, "Jack ought to be dead."
"Jump out every night after you go to bed."
Because he done jumped out, Lord, I mean he done jumped out
Even down to his wife, crying about him jumping out

spoken: Oh, yeah.

Man told his wife, "Ought to be ashamed,"
"Jack was dead, he'd be out just the same."
Because he done jumped out, oh, I mean he done jumped out
Even down to his wife, crying about him jumping out

I ain't no airplane, sure can't fly
Jumping out kill me, won't you please let me die
Because he done jumped out, oh, I mean he done jumped out
Even down to his wife, crying about him jumping out

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Radio Blues - Mississippi Sheiks
Actual pitch: G-flat
Main guitar position: half-spanish
Fiddle position: G
Mandolin position: n/a
Second guitar position: n/a



Lyrics:
I'm going to go up to a station, listen at your radio
I'm going to go up to a station, listen at your radio
Ah, know you [] [], hoo babe, [] [I say] everywhere you go

I can hear you [talking], [] on your telephone
I can hear you talking, [] on your telephone
[] might as well tell me, hoo babe, [every] [] I've taken is wrong

spoken: Hey, yeah.

I can hear you laughing and can see your smiling face
I can hear you laughing and can see your smiling face
Ah, my regular tells me, hoo babe, [] [] come back [in] my [place]

I go to bed at night, I hold my radio in my hand
I go to bed at night, baby, I hold my radio in my hand
I [] [] [] and tell me, hoo babe, [] [] another man

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Please Don't Give My Love Away - Mississippi Sheiks
Actual pitch: A-flat
Main guitar position: half-spanish
Fiddle position: G
Mandolin position: n/a
Second guitar position: n/a



Lyrics:
I had a good woman, she treat me nice and kind
You care for [remind me] till you ought to lost my mind
You can call to me baby, leaving my good, happy home
You give away my love, you know that you doing me wrong
And I'm still begging you, baby, please don't give my love away
Ah, because I'm sick and down, baby, your daddy going to be well some day

I gave you my money, left me to go cold in hand
You taken my money and give it to your other man
You tell the other women you use me to be your tool
Hitch me to your buggy and you drive me for your mule
And I'm still begging you, baby, please don't give my love away
Just because I'm sick and down and can't use it, your daddy going to be well some day

spoken: Oh, yeah, man.

Well, my mama dead, my daddy across the sea
I ain't got nobody to love and care for me
One thing woman, you'd better stop, I mean, fooling about
I catch you giving away my loving, you got to ask man [] [down]
And I'm still begging you, baby, please don't give my love away
Just because I'm sick and down and can't use it, baby, you know your daddy going to get well some day

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more to come...  transcriptions of the musicians in their 'orbit' to follow: Walter Vinson, Charlie McCoy, Rosie Mae Moore, Mississippi Blacksnakes, Mississippi Mudsteppers, Jackson Blue Boys, Sam Hill from Louisville (ahem... Vinson...) and others...

[Johnm]

My goodness, Frank, what a generous thing to do--and time-consuming!  Thanks so much, and I can see I've got my work cut out for me, entering these all in Weeniepedia.  Thank you, on behalf of all Weenies and the site!
All best,
Johnm

[Prof Scratchy]

What an amazing resource! Thanks frankie for sharing these.


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