Memphis Slim

Baby Doll Memphis Slim Original Release - Just Blues (Prestige/Bluesville 1081) Recorded November 15, 1960 From Memphis Slim, Raining The Blues album Transcriber: Awcantor@aol.com What's wrong, baby doll We can't get along What's wrong, baby doll We can't ge...

(piano 'Dragnet' intro) Spoken: The story's true ladies and gentlemen All the names have been changed to Protect the innocent The year 19 hundred and forty The city, Chicago. The place, Rubin's Tavern The story goes something like this: I walked in...

Big legged woman Keep your dresses down You've got something baby That'll make a fool dog a hound Big legged mama Haha Keep your dresses down I swear honey You got somethin' up under there Mmmmmmm, that makes me wanna Lay it down a ha ha ha Little...

You know I'm gonna pray Lord, never let me love, again I'm gonna pray Lord, never let me love, again They tell me love is a gamble But I've never been able to win Blue an' disgusted That's the way I feel Feel like a broken spoke In some farmer's wago...

(Peter Chatman a.k.a. Memphis Slim) Here I am, head over heel in love again Here I am, head over heel in love again Besides you, woman it was my mother and that's where love begins I used to be a playboy, I played hard both night and day I used to be a pl...

Don't think you're smart Because you've got every man in town Don't think you're smart, woman Because you've got every man in town Well, well, woman you ain't doin' nothin' Well, well, would tear your reputation down There's no man that wants a woman T...

My room was empty, and my woman was goneMy room was empty, and my woman was goneI didn't have a nickel, and all my clothes in pawnI asked my next door neighbor, which-a-way did my baby go?Asked my next door neighbor, which-a-way did my baby go?She says she lef...

Lord I walked all night long with my forty four in my hand Lord I walked all night long with my forty four in my hand I was looking for my woman and I found her with another man Tonight my baby said she heard the forty four whistle blow Lord, my baby sai...

My name is Memphis Slim, they call me the Grinder Man My name is Memphis Slim, they call me the Grinder Man If you be my customer, I'll let you have it on a easy plan I do my ramblin' at midnight and I don't be seen in the day I do my ramblin' at midnight...

Now you may be sweet little woman As the apple on a tree Don't want no woman to lay up And depend on me You got to help me some Yes, you've got to help me some Don't care what I do Babe you've got to help me some Now if I'm the Pullman porter, girl...

How long, how long Has that evenin' train been gone? How long, how long Baby, how long? Heard the whistle blowin' Couldn't see the train Way down in my heart I had an achin' pain How long, how long, how long? If I could holler like a mountain jack...

I believe I'll marry, I believe I'll settle down I believe I'll marry, I believe I'll settle down Lord, I'm tired of bein' a rambler, my last trip for runnin' around Lord, I wonder, will she ever call my name? Lord, I wonder, will she ever call my name? N...

I got a letter It come to me by mail My baby's a comin' home I hope that she won't fail Because I feel so good I feel so good You know I feel so good Feel like ballin' the jack I drove into town to that old station Just to meet her old train My bab...

I've got somethin' to tell you baby, don't let it break your heart So long together, now we've got to part, because I'm tired, of findin' frogs for snakes After these long many years, babe I just see my great mistake You told me that you loved me, said you lo...

Say, look-a-her man Do you know Jaspar's got a new gal in town? Sho' nuf man? Yeah man Well, tell me about her Now he's got a girl, she's shaped like a hog Her voice reminds me of an old bull dog Her hair looks just like a chinchilla coat You get close...

I'm going to Kansas City Kansas City here I come I'm going to Kansas City Kansas City here I come They got some crazy little women there And I'm gonna get me one I'm gonna be standing on the corner Twelfth Street and Vine I'm gonna be standing on the...

Now lend me your love, little girl, please lend me your love Lend me your love, baby, please lend me your love I know you hear me keep moanin', moanin' just like Noah's dove You got a mortgage on my love, girl, there really is no doubt You got a mortgage o...

You're a mean mistreatin' mama, you mistreat me all the time You're a mean mistreatin' mama, you mistreat me all the time I tried to tell you how much I loved you But you don't pay that no mind You're a mean mistreatin' mama, and you don't mean me no good...

You may high-hat me all the time You may never go my way Mother earth is laying for you Cuz of all the debts you got to pay Don't care how great you are Don't care what you worth When it all ends up you got to Go back to mother earth You may own a ha...

Well, I'm a motherless child Lord, an I ain't got no friend at all I'm a motherless child Well, an I ain't got no friend at all I smile through my tears Some people think I'm havin' a ball But when I had money I had friends for miles around Now, when...

Yeah, ain't that a pity, people ain't that a cryin' shame Ain't that a pity, I declare it's a cryin' shame She wait till it got nine below zero, and put me down for another man I give her all my money, all of my lovin' and everything All of my money, all...

Now I love to sing that good old Taylor blues I love to sing that good old Taylor blues When we want a little drink I swear we just can't lose Now you see, Mr. Melrose, standin' in the floor Oh, I see that man that's standin' in the floor He gonna give...

Well, I rolled and I tumbled Cried the whole night long Well, I rolled and I tumbled Cried the whole night long When I woke up this morning Didn't know right or wrong Well, if the river was a whiskey And I was a diving duck If the river was a whiskey...

You go where you want You do what you please Never let on, that even once That you've ever been lonely It's nice to see you alone Are you lookin' for somethin' Maybe you ain't gettin' at home? Your hair is in place You're dressin' to kill Your old ma...

Gonna catch that Illinois Central Gonna ride around the bend I'm gonna catch that Illinois Central I'm gonna ride around the bend Well, and the Lord only know Just when I'll be back again I'm goin' back home Where I know I have a friend Well, I'm goin...

I remember way back, in nineteen and twenty-nine I had plenty woman then money But I very much short in mind But if I could just go back And start my life brand new Well, well, I would control myself more better Woo, well, well, I would know just what t...

Woman you've been havin' your way And you don't want to see me have mine Woman you've been havin' your way And you don't want to see me have mine So there's no getting along We're just two of the same old kind I tried to make things happy And your life...

I worked all day long out in the cold and snow I come home lookin' for my supper You're around some whiskey store You're just a whiskey drinkin' woman We never will get very far Because every time I wanna find you I just go around some whiskey bar I l...

Now you may be sweet little woman As the apple on a tree Don't want no woman to lay up And depend on me You got to help me some Yes, you've got to help me some Don't care what I do Babe, you've got to help me some Now if I'm the Pullman porter, girl...