anyone got the exact lyrics for these. there basically the same song. I can't find them anywhere on the net.


here's a clip;

Mr. Conductor Man
Big Bill Broonzy



I woke up this mornin? Hear-d *that train whistle blow 
I got up this mornin? Hear-d that train whistle blow
Lord I thought about my baby,
I sure did want to go

Lord I grabbed up my suitcase I run to the ol? depot
Babe I grabbed up my suitcase I run to the ol? depot
I could see the conductor he wavin? his hand to go

I said Mr.Conductor Man I want to talk to you
I wanna ride your train from here to Bougealoo
I?m leavin? this mornin? man I ain?t got my fare,
 but I will shovel coal in your engine
Till your train gets me there

Cryin?, please Mr. Conductor Man, please take my last thin dime, 2X
I got a woman in Bougealoo waitin?
Man I can?t lose no time

Then the bell started ringin? conductor hollered all aboard
When the bell started ringin?, conductor hollered all aboard
Lord I picked up my suitcase, start walkin? down the road

I?m leavin? this mornin? I sure don?t want to go 2X
Lord and the woman I?ve been lovin?
She don?t want me no more

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Hey Gang,

I was in here the other day, looking for lyrics to Big Bill Broonzy's Willie Mae, but I couldn't find any. So, I did it the hard way, and wrote them down from the track. As I have benefitted from finding lyrics posted here before, here's my payback:



I got a gal named Willie Mae, and she lives in the low, low, land.

I got a gal named Willie Mae, Lord, and she lives in the low, low, land.

Lord, the way I got that woman, I declare I stole her from another man.


All my life, baby, you know I?ve had to roam.

All my life, baby, you know I?ve had to roam.

 Just on account o?me breaking that poor man?s home.

Willie Mae, Willlie Mae

Willie Mae, don?t you hear me calling you?

Lord if I don?t get my Willie Mae, I declare no other woman will do.

When I get to thinkin? ?bout Willie Mae, cold chill run up and down my spine.

When I get to thinkin? ?bout Willie Mae, cold chill run up and down my spine.

Lord, sometimes I wished I was dead, ?cause Willie Mae you know I?m afraid of dyin?.

I?m gonna leave here, I?m goin? on down the line.

I?m gonna leave here, baby n? I?m goin? on down the line.

Willie Mae you know I don?t do nothin? here, Lord knows, but grieve and cry.

Lord knows, but I grieve and cry.

I was in here the other day, looking for lyrics to Big Bill Broonzy's Willie Mae, but I couldn't find any.

http://media.smithsonianfolkways.org/liner_notes/folkways/FW03817.pdf

cf. p.7

Hi Harry:

It was released by Folkways as an LP, which I have.

http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=595

Still with you, Bunker Hill, love the depth of your knowledge about this stuff!

Also on a semi-related note, Willie Mae was one of the first songs I ever learned, and because of it I was able to quickly learn a half-dozen other BBB tunes. For anyone on Weenie who is a beginning guitar player, it's a great selection, and will hook you for life.

L

I thought I was buying the track as part of a Studs Terkel radio show with BBB and Brownie McGhee. But, no radio show, and no Brownie.

It was the 7 May 1957 session on LP3817 (Blues With BB, ST & BMcG). The booklet notes in part state:

Studs Terkel, folk and jazz authority, whose weekly "Almanac" programme was a steady feature of Chicago's fine art F. M. Station WFMT, fixed for Big Bill to have Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry along to the studio, while they were in Chicago. An early morning session was recorded, and the full one-and-a-half hours went out the following evening.

The songs are:

Side One
Keys To The Highway
Brownie's Blues
Crow Jane
Willy May
Daisie
Louise
Guitar Shuffle
Feeling It

Side Two
Fox Chase
Beautiful City
I'm Goin' To Tell God
It Sounds Like The Voice of The Lord
(Blues) Improvisation

So maybe hunt around for a CD/Download/whatever containing the above tracks. Good luck.