Blind Willie McTell

Feel like a broke down engine, mama Ain't got no drivin' wheel, lord have mercy Feel like a broke down engine, mama Ain't got no drivin' wheel You all been down and lonely You know just how Willie McTell feels But it's, Lordy Lord, Lordy, Lordy Lord Lordy Lor...

Come on around to my house mama, ain't nobody there but me Call me a hotshot rider and a cheater, colored from Tennessee Take it easy, don't get rough, just wanna tell you that I know my stuff Come on around to my house mama, ain't nobody home but me In the e...

I got the dark night blues I'm feeling awful bad I got the dark night blues Mama, I'm feeling awful bad That's the worst ol' feeling That a good man have ever had I followed my brown From the depot to the train I followed my fair brown From the depot...

They got me 'cused for murder and I haven't even harmed a Man They got me 'cused for murder but I haven't even harmed a Man They got me charged with burglin' and I haven't even Raised my hand The judge won't give me no fine The judge won't give me no f...

Tombstones is my pillow, cold grounds is my bed Tombstones is my pillow, cold grounds is my bed The blue skies is my blanket, and the moonlight is my spread Early one morning, death walked into my room Early one morning, death walked into my room Oh well...

Delia was a gambler, Gambled all around. Delia was a gamblin' girl, She laid her money down. She's all I've got is gone. Delia's dear mother Took a trip out west, When she returned, Little Delia had gone to rest. She's all I've got, is gone Delia's mother we...

Little Jesse was a gambler, night and day He used crooked cards and dice. Sinful guy, good hearted but had no soul Heart was hard and cold like ice Jesse was a wild reckless gambler Won a gang of change Altho' a many gambler's heart he led in pain Bega...

I walked all the way from East Saint Louis I never had but that one, one thin dime I laid my head in a New York woman's lap She laid her little cute head in mine She tried to make me bleed by the rattlings of her tongue The sun would never, never shine I p...

Some say they done cut whiskey out but you can have a little wine Most everybody gets on a drunk by drinking this old moonshine Now God don't like it and (I don't either) Now God don't like it and (I don't either) Now God don't like it and (I don't either...

Roosevelt is a mighty fine man, darlin' Roosevelt is a mighty fine man, darlin' Roosevelt is a mighty fine man Gonna be the president all by land (?), darlin' My baby got a diamond ring, darlin' My baby got a diamond ring, darlin' My baby got a diamond...

When a girl meets boy Life can be a joy But the note they end on Will depend on Little pleasures they will share So let us compare I like New York in June, how about you? I like a Gershwin tune, how about you? I love a fireside when a storm is due. I...

Hard time, hard time 'bout to drive me wild Take a big black woman Break her down to my boogyin' side I keep on a drinkin' Try to drive my blues away Say the sun's goin'to shine In my backdoor someday Said I wouldn't keep on at drinkin' If I could h...

She's a real kind mama looking for another man She ain't got nobody to hold her hand Way down yonder on Cripple Creek Hemp don't grow but sixteen feet Would go to bed but it ain't no use They pile up on the bed like chickens on a roost She's a real kind...

Broke and ain't got a dime Everybody get in hard luck sometime Standin' on Cairo Street one day One dime was all I had Mama, don't treat your daughter mean You're the meanest woman I have most ever seen Do you want your friend to be buried like Jesse...

You must lay some flowers on my grave You must lay some flowers on my grave My mother and father have gone Left me in this world alone You must lay some flowers on my grave My father was a roll sport and a gambler too And he loved makin' and just singin' the...

Mama let me play with yo' yo-yo I will let you play with mine Baby let me play with yo' yo-yo I like to take my time I got a brand new yo-yo, brand new string that's the way to drive the women hearts in pain Let me play with yo' yo-yo I'm gonna let you...

Delia, Delia, how can it be? You love that old rounder, but you don't love me Well, that's one more rounder gone Delia, Delia sitting all around Some of your old rounders gonna pay my way back home Sitting on the housetop, high as I can see You love that...

Good Lord, good Lord, send me an angel down Can't spare you no angel, I'll send you a teasin' brown That new way of loving, swear it must be the best These Georgia women won't let Mr. McTell rest There was a cry on the corner, went to see what it could be Must...

You may fall from the mountain, drown in the deep blue sea You ain't did the right fallin', till you fall in love with me You's a love makin' mama, sweet as you can be Ah you may be a little rockin', but baby you all right with me Now for your love baby,...

Wake up mama, don't you sleep so hard Wake up mama, don't you sleep so hard For it's these old blues walkin' all over your yard I've got these blues [Incomprehensible] I'm not satisfied I've got these blues, I'm not satisfied That's the reason why I strol...

Motherless children have a hard time, mother's dead, mother's dead lord Motherless children have a hard time when mother's dead They'llhave no place to go, wanderin' around from door to door Nobody treat you like mother will, when Mother's dead lord Some...

Undertaker, undertaker, please take it slow You're takin' the one I love, won't bring her back no More Don't a man feel bad, when his baby's on the coolin' Board Don't a man feel bad, when the hearse pulls up to his Door Undertaker, undertaker, don't d...

Spoken: All right boys, let's talk about this razor ball Down at the razor ball even at the razor hall Sluefoot Mose and old cross-eyed Joe didn't go in at all They hung around outside, this is what they spied - what was it? A big crap game in the hall, s...

Now tell me baby How do you want your rollin' done? Now tell me baby How do you want your rollin' done? I want you to start in the mornin' baby And roll me with the settin' of the sun Oh, roll me on my belly baby Feed me with your chocolate drop Oh,...

Said I'm almost crazy, and I'm all here by myself Said I'm almost crazy, I'm all here by myself Ah these wimmen 'bout to run me crazy, Lord she's got someone else Lord she's 'bout to run me crazy, these reckless wimmen worryin' me Said she's 'bout to run...

Mmmmm, Lawdy, lawdy, lawd Mmmmm, Lawdy, lawdy, lawd The woman I love treats me just like a dog I love you baby but your ways I just can't stand I love you mama but your ways I just can't stand Say, you walked away and left me good girl, with another man...

My good gal got a mojo, she's tryin' to keep it hid My gal got a mojo, she's tryin' to keep it hid But Georgia Bill got something to find that mojo with I said she got that mojo and she won't let me see She got that mojo and she won't let me see And ever...

You may search the ocean, you might go 'cross the deep blue sea But mama, you'll never find another hot shot like me I followed my baby from the station to the train And the blues came down like night and showered me I left her at the station wringing her...

Now looka here mama let me tell you this If you wants to get crooked I'm gonna give you my fist You might read from Revelations back to Genesee But if you get crooked, your southern can belongs to me Ain't no need you bringing no jive to me 'Cause your southe...

Yes now, wake up mama, turn your lamp down low. Wake up mama, turn your lamp down low. Have you got the nerve to drive poor papa Taj from your door? Woke up this mornin' baby, I had them Statesboro blues. Statesboro Georgia, that is. Woke up this mornin,...

When I first met you Mama you was so nice and kind You done got reckless and changed your mind But you're the stomp down rider Now you're the stomp down rider You're the stomp down rider But you're much too drunk for me When I was down south baby I was...

Got three womens Yellow, brown and black I got three womens Yellow, brown and black It'll take the Governor of Georgia To judge one of these women I like One for in the morning One for late at night One for in the morning One for late at night I g...

From the great Atlantic Ocean to the wide Pacific shore From the green and flowing mountains to the south belt By the shore She's mighty tall and handsome, and known quite well by All She's the combination known as the Wabash Cannon Ball Listen to the j...

Looka here pretty mama, I'll tell you what I'll do I'll make these lots of dollars and bring 'em all home to you Now I'm weary, weary hearted and blue And that's why I'm cryin' these weary hearted blues I'll give you my money, baby I'll admire I'll do as...

I wrote you a letter, mama Put it in your front yard I wrote you a letter Put it in your front yard I would love to come and see you But your good man's got me barred You wrote me a letter To come back the Newport noon You wrote me a letter, mama Com...

Spoken "oh, Play that thing boy, I know you're blue... " Don't want no woman That run around Stay out in the street And like a badfoot clown You made me love you And you made me cry You should remember, that you were born to die... The stream are ye...