Memphis Minnie

That old 'Frisco train makes a mile a minute That old 'Frisco train makes a mile a minute Well, in that old coach, I'm gonna sit right in it I'm on my way, to 'Frisco town You can toot your whistle, you can ring your bell You can toot your whistle, you can ri...

Sometime I'm thinking Thinking about the times have been Sometime I'm thinking Thinking about the times have been If you want to fall in bad Just get your outside friends Players can be so swell Love can be so frail But your outside friends Will have you begg...

Just a biting bug been following me everywhere I go Just a biting bug been following me everywhere I go I'm gonna kill that biting bug, so she won't follow me no more Just a biting bug been following me from town to town Just a biting bug been following me fr...

I got a big black cat who sits in my back door He catches every rat run across my floor Now everybody wants to buy my kitty Everybody wants to buy my kitty Everybody wants to buy my kitty I wouldn't sell that cat to save your soul If it wasn't for that cat, I...

Bumble bee, bumble bee Please come back to me Bumble bee, bumble bee Please come back to me He got the best old stinger Any bumble bee that I ever seen He stung me this morning I been looking for him all day long He stung me this morning I been looking for hi...

Bumble bee, bumble bee, where you been so long Bumble bee, bumble bee, where you been so long You stung me this morning, I been restless all day long I met my bumble bee this morning as he flying in the door I met my bumble bee this morning as he flying in th...

I was talking to the people that lives in town Y'ever had the shack and your clothes burn down? So call the fire wagon, call the fire wagon Call the fire wagon, ain't no fire wagon in town Saved my baby and my wardrobe trunk I lost everything else I had in fr...

I'll buy your wood and coal, buy your wood and coal Buy your wood and coal, if I can do something to you Hear me saying, I want to do something to you I don't want no wood and coal, I don't want no wood and coal I don't want nothing in the world you got and y...

I'm goin' tell everybody, what that Chickasaw has done done for me I'm goin' tell everybody, what that Chickasaw has done done for me She done stole my man away, and blow that doggone smoke on me She's a low down dirty dog I ain't no woman, like to ride that...

I been going crazy, I just can't help myself, ahhhhuuuuhahhhh I been going crazy, I just can't help myself, ahhhhuuuuhahhhh Because the man I'm loving, he's loving someone else (spoken: You know I'm bound to cry) Ahhhhaaahhhhuuuuhhuh Ahhhhaaahhhhuuuuhhuh Ahh...

They been diggin' my potatoes, How they trampin' on my vine They been diggin' my potatoes, How they trampin' on my vine Now I've got a special plan, restin' on my mind I don't eat no cabbage sprouts, bring me a solid head Suppose they could call the wagon, if...

Everybody worrying me, want to know why I'm so crazy about dirt dauber tea Everybody worrying me, want to know why I'm so crazy about dirt dauber tea Because when I was young, they built their nest on me Now everybody tells me I need a doctor, I need someone...

I ain't no doctor, but I'm the doctor's wife You better come to me if you want to save your life He's a dirty mother fuyer, he don't mean no good He got drunk this morning, tore up the neighborhood I want you to come here, baby, come here quick He done give m...

Doctor stopped me from drinking, boys, I can't smoke no more Doctor stopped me from drinking, boys, I can't smoke no more And I can't see no peace, seem like nowhere I go Oh, doctor, doctor, you know I got a lot of faith in you Oh, doctor, doctor, you know I...

I'm going back down in New Orleans I'm going back down in New Orleans Well, I'm going where I can get my rice and beans We are the cooking'est Creoles in the world you ever seen We are the cooking'est Creoles in the world you ever seen And if you don't believ...

I met a man, asked me did I want to pally Yes, baby, let's go down in the alley Take me down in the alley Take me down in the alley Take me down in the alley I can get any business fixed all right I met another man, asked me for a dollar Might have heard that...

One time my papa had a horse, his name was Frankie Jean Man, that's the running'est horse the world I ever seen And it just do me good to ride old Frankie Jean And it do you good to sit and listen at him sometimes When he's coming down that plank road, almost...

My house's on fire, where's the fire wagon now? My house's on fire, where's the fire wagon now? Ain't but the one thing, I don't want my garage to burn down I got a Hudson Super Six, I gotta big old model Cadillac 8 I got a Hudson Super Six, I gotta big o...

The reason I like the game, the game they call Georgia Skin The reason I like the game, the game they call Georgia Skin Because when you fall, you can really take out again When you lose your money, please don't lose your mind When you lose your money, please...

Oh mercy dear, you caused my heart It really is wrong, that we must part You learned I love you, more's all the rest Your leaving me, breaks my happiness I'll count the hours, lover when I'm gone Think of you, wish you back home My lonesome heart, will shake...

Listen to my song, ladies, please take strictly understand Listen to my song, ladies, please take strictly understand Don't let no outside woman make no biscuits for your man I'm going to give you all the lowdown, lowdown if I can I'm going to give you all th...

I have been a good girl, going to church all of my days I have been a good girl, going to church all of my days But I'm going to learn to gamble so I can stay out late Crying dice, oh dice, please don't fail on me Crying dice, oh dice, please don't fail on me...

Memphis Minnie - Good Mornin' Well, Good mornin', tell me where you stayed last night. Well, Good mornin', tell me where you stayed last night. Well, you know you don't love me and you just can't treat me right. It's a low down shame the way you treated me....

I got a man sweet as he can be Come to see me at night And don't leave until three So, has anyone here Seen my man today? He left me this morning, ooh ooh Lord I think he's gone astray I used to fix his breakfast Carry it to the bed He's gone and left me I s...

Hey, you people going out tonight. Let's go to see Joe Louis fight. And if you ain't got no money, Buddy, go tomorrow night. 'Cause he's in the ring doing the same old thing. Well, he even carries a mean left. You know he do! And he carries a mean right. An...

There is something wonderful, we can't understand A rat come in here, cutting like a natural man He got a hole in the wall He got a hole in the wall And when he get to cutting, you might have heard the poor girl squall Boys, that rat is a cutter, you ought to...

Hoodoo Lady Hoodoo lady, how do you do? They tell me you take a boot and turn it to a brand new shoe But don't put that thing on me Don't put that thing on me Don't put that thing on me 'Cause I'm going back to Tennessee Hoodoo lady, you can turn water to wi...

I decided I wouldn’t marry no more Now I’m catching hell everywhere I go Hot stuff, hot stuff Well its hot stuff here and its everywhere I go I been set in a beer tavern playing the blues one night A man walked up wanted to take my life Hotty hot stuff, hot...

I stood on the corner all night long, counting the stars one by one I stood on the corner all night long, counting the stars one by one I didn't make me no money, Bob, and I can't go back home I've got a bad man My man sits in the window with his .45 in his...

I hate to see evenin' sun go down I hate to see evenin' sun go down Cause it makes me think, I'm on my last go-round Some people take the blues, go jump overboard and drown Some people take the blues, go jump overboard and drown But when they gets on me, I'd...

Train's at the station, don't you know Who all goin'? Let me hear you blow Hey, hey Hey, hey Everybody going Yes, I'm going, don't you know Everybody's got their ticket, where is mine? Look like to me I'm gonna be left behind Hey, hey Hey, hey Everybody going...

I got a brand new skillet and a brand new lid I ain't got no stove but I bake my bread I'm gonna bake my biscuits I'm gonna bake my biscuits I'm gonna bake my biscuits Ain't gonna give nobody none I'm gonna lock my door, nail my windows all down You know by t...

If you see my rooster Please run him on back home If you see my rooster Please run him on back home I haven't found no eggs in my basket Since my rooster been gone I heard my rooster crowing This morning just about the break of day I heard my rooster crowing...

In My Girlish Days Late hours at night, trying to play my hand Through my window, out stepped a man I didn't know no better Oh boys In my girlish days My mama cried, papa did, too Oh, daughter, look what a shame on you I didn't know no better Oh boy...

Hmmmm, the meningitis killin' me Hmmmm, the meningitis killin' me I'm bending, I'm bending, baby, my head is nearly down to my knees I comin' home one Saturday night, pull off my clothes and I lie down I comin' home one Saturday night, pull off my clothes and...

Good morning, blues, please shake hands with me Good morning, blues, please shake hands with me I've got the blues this morning, just as low as I can be How can I sleep nights, baby, when you turn your back on me How can I sleep nights, baby, when you turn yo...

Every time I cook, look like you can't get enough Fix you a pot of soup and make you drink it up So keep on a-eating Oh, keep on a-eating Keep on eating, baby, till you get enough You don't like nobody's cooking but mine Get up in the morning and fix you a te...

Sail on, sail on, ah baby, sail on Sail on, sail on, ah baby, sail on I don't mind you sailing, but please don't sail so long Oh boys, now don't you want to ride with me Oh boys, now don't you want to ride with me I've got the best sailor in this world you ev...

These are the lyrics as I transcribed them from the record. Whether they're perfect or not, I don't know. I may have transposed some of them here and there. You're welcome to check it and correct it yourself. Take it or leave it: Well, the ugliest li'l thing...

I was born in Louisiana, I was raised in Algiers And everywhere I been, the peoples all say Ain't nothing in rambling either running around Well, I believe I'll marry, oooo, wooo, Lord, and settle down I first left home, I stopped in Tennessee The peoples all...

I'm gon' tell everybody, what that Chickasaw has done done for me I'm gon' tell everybody, what that Chickasaw has done done for me She done stole my man away, and blow that doggone smoke on me She's a low down dirty dog I ain't no woman, like to ride that Ch...

I was thinking about Ma Rainey, wonder where could Ma Rainey be I was thinking about Ma Rainey, wonder where could Ma Rainey be I been looking for her, even been 'n old Tennessee She was born in Georgia, traveled all over this world She was born in Georgia, t...

Won't you be my chauffeur? Won't you be my chauffeur? I wants him to drive me I wants him to drive me downtown Yes, he drives so easy I can't turn him down But I don't want him But I don't want him To be ridin' these girls To be ridin' these girls around So I...

Oh, the blues got ways sometimes just like a natural man Oh, the blues got ways sometimes just like a natural man I don't care which away you turn, they always is on your hands Won't you tell me, baby, how come you don't come back home? Won't you tell me, bab...

I've got to leave this town, I've got to go before the sun goes down I've got to leave this town, I've got to go before the sun goes down 'Cause I done got tired of these coppers running me around I stayed in jail last night and all last night before I stayed...

Wonder where is my butcher man now? I've been looking for him all day long! Butcher man, butcher man, where have you been so long? Butcher man, butcher man, where have you been so long? I can't catch you at the butcher shop and you're so hard to find at home...

I met a strange man last night, and I taken him home with me I met a strange man last night, and I taken him home with me Now he done gone and left me, wonder where could my strange man be? Strange man, strange man, won't you please come back to me? Strange m...

I got a bumble bee, don't sting nobody but me I got a bumble bee, don't sting nobody but me And I tell the world, he got all the stinger I need And he makes better honey, any bumble bee I ever seen And he makes better honey, any bumble bee I ever seen And whe...

Come all you folks and start to walk, I'm fixing to start my dozen talk What you're thinking about ain't on my mind, that stuff you got is the sorriest kind Now you're a sorry mistreater, robber and a cheater Slip you in the dozens, your papa and your cousin Y...

I tell all you people, you can rest and eat You don't have to worry about cookin', go to North Memphis cafe and eat I tell all you people, you can rest and eat Because the North Memphis cafe got everything that you really need I don't buy no wood, even buy no...

I was born in Louisiana, I was raised in Algiers And everywhere I been, the peoples all say Ain't nothing in rambling either running around Well, I believe I'll marry, o Lord, and settle down I first left home, I stopped in Tennessee The peoples all begg...

I dreamt a dream last night I never dreamt before I dreamt a dream last night I never dreamt before And when I woke up this morning, my trunk was setting outdoors I didn't have no money, I couldn't find me no place to go I didn't have no money, I couldn't fin...

One cold night, I was out in the frost and snow One cold night, I was out in the frost and snow I didn't have a penny, I couldn't find no place to go Way, down the lane, I thought I see'd a fire Way, down the lane, I thought I see'd a fire 'Fore I could make...

Is anybody seen my pig meat on the line? Oh ho, ho, pig meat on the line Say he worry me so I just can't keep from cryin' Gettin' late in the evening and the sun is sinking down Oh ho, ho, the sun is sinking down Lonesome without my pig meat, wonder where he...

Well, the man I love is long and tall Sometimes I think he's got it all And please don't stop him He's all right with me He's just a long tall daddy Got something that I really need Now look here, boy I want to talk to you I've got little work I want you to...

I got so many chickens, can't tell my roosters from my hens I got so many chickens, can't tell my roosters from my hens I got to go back now, and look 'em all over again I found my rooster this morning by looking at his comb I found my rooster this morning by...

When you go to Helena stop on Cherry Street When you go to Helena stop on Cherry Street And just ask anybody to show you Reachin' Pete He's the tallest man, walks on Cherry Street He's the tallest man, walks on Cherry Street And he, the baddest copper ever wa...

I met a man the other day "What you write?" he say, "Is you the lady givin' that gravy away? "If it is I will be back today." You can come and get some, but you can't stay long I got two men I got to be waitin' on I'm selling my pork chops But I'm giving my g...

Down in my old home town, put the irons on the stove But I'm got to have a socket everywhere I go I need a socket, oohhh, I need a socket Babe, I've got to have a socket, if you want me to iron your clothes I got the clothes on the bed, all sprinkled down I c...

This house is full of stinging snakes, crawling all in my bed This house is full of stinging snakes, crawling all in my bed I can't rest at night from them crawling all under my head I got up this morning, one stung me on my leg I got up this morning, one stu...

Sylvester went out on his lot, he looked at his mule And he decided he send the President some news Sylvester went out on his lot, and he looked at his mule And he decided he send the President some news Sylvester walked out across his field, begin to pray an...

Times has done got hard, work done got scarce Stealing and robbing is taking place Because tricks ain't walking, tricks ain't walking no more Tricks ain't walking, tricks ain't walking no more And I'm going to grab somebody if I don't make me some dough I'm g...

I wants cake when I'm hungry, lightnin' when I'm dry I wants cake when I'm hungry, lightnin' when I'm dry And some good man to love me, and heaven when I die Don't nobody want you when you're stumbling all alone Don't nobody want you when you're stumbling all...

KJ: Worked all summer and I worked all fall Had take my Christmas in my overalls Now I've got tired the way you treated me And I believe I'll go now, back to my used to be MM: Well, you know I love you baby, I can't help myself I'd rather be with you than any...

MM: I wouldn't mind being your hopping frog Drink muddy water, sleep in a hollow log Now I've got tired the way you treated me And I believe I'll go now, back to my used to be KJ: One thing certainly can't understand Cornbread for me and biscuits for your man...

Kansas Joe McCoy: Say Minnie! Where you going? Memphis Minnie: What you want, Kansas Joe? I'm going to the mill; what do you think? Have my corn ground Kansas Joe McCoy: For what? Ahw, that old mill is done broke down I'm just from down there Memphis Minnie...

When the saints go marching home Oh, when the saints go marching home Good Lord, I wants to be in that number Oh, when the saints go marching home And when the sun refuse to shine And when the sun refuse to shine Oh Lord, I wants to be in that number O...

It's a cold, cold morning, I was out in the rain and snow It's a cold, cold morning, I was out in the rain and snow Yes, in a world of trouble, I couldn't find no place to go The wind was blowing and the rain began to freeze The wind was blowing and the r...

What is that you're going around here trying so sell? It'ain't good to eat, you know, it ain't good to smell Don't nobody want it Don't nobody want it Don't nobody want it You can't even give it away First time I met you had that meat in your hand Goin...