Illinois Blues Skip James

You go to Banglin'1, tell my boys You go to Banglin', tell my boys What times I'm havin' up in Illinois In Illinois, up in Illinois When I gin2 my little cotton I'm going to sell my seed When

Catfish Blues Skip James

I would rather, be a little catfishSo I could swim way downIn the sea-eeI would have somebody, somebodySettin' out hooks for meSettin' out a hook for meA hook for You know I wentTo my baby's houseS...

Cypress Grove Blues Skip James

I would rather be buried in some cypress grove I would rather be buried in some cypress grove To have some woman, Lord, that I can't control And I'm goin' away now, I'm goin' away to stay And I'm...

20-20 Blues Skip James

If I send for my baby and she don't come If I send for my baby and she don't come All the doctors in Wisconsin2, they won't help her none And if she gets unruly and gets so she don't wanna do My ...

Sick Bed Blues Skip James

Layin' sick, honey, on my bed I'm layin' sick, honey, and on my bed I'm layin' sick, honey, and on my bed I used to have some friends but they wish that I were dead In awful pain and deep in mise...

Special Rider Blues Skip James

Honey, you must want me keep singin' these special blues

Cherry Ball Blues Skip James

the Southern4 if you take the Santa Fe5 I'll take the Southern and if you'll take the Santa Fe I'm gonna ride and ramble, tell cherry to come back to me __________ Note 1: cherry ball is probably blues

Skip's Worried Blues Skip James

I'm so worried nowI'm worried now but I hope not to be worried longbecause I'm gonna pack my little old suitcaseby gone this road i'll be goneYou know my baby she got a little somethingI just dont...

Illinois Blues Alvin Youngblood Hart

You go to Banglin' , tell my boys You go to Banglin', tell my boys What times I'm havin' up in Illinois In Illinois, up in Illinois When I gin my little cotton I'm going to sell my seed When I gin

Washington D.C. Hospital Center Blues Skip James

She waved me, good-bye I haven't seen her no mo' She found out I was a good man She knew I was a po' man She couldn't understand The doctors and nurses They shakin' my hand Say, 'You can go home now, Skip

Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues Skip James

Hard times is here and everywhere you goTimes are harder than ever been beforeYou know that people, they are are driftin' from door to doorBut you can't find no heaven, I don't care where they goWh...

I'm So Glad Beck

I'm so glad, I am glad I am glad, I am glad I don't know what to do Don't know what to do Don't know what to do From Beck's version in the documentary ("I'm So Glad" is yet another Skip

Illinois Dan Fogelberg

Illinois...oh, Illinois. South California Your sun is too cold It looks like your hills Have been raped of their gold.

Illinois The Everly Brothers

Clean Prairie winds blow from Rockford to Cairo Over the cornfields that gleam in the sun And off in the east glow, the lights of Chicago When daylight is ended and night has begun In Illinois, Illinois

Steamroller Blues James Taylor

steamroller, baby I'm bound to roll all over you Yes, I'm a steamroller now, baby I'm bound to roll all over you I'm gonna inject your soul with some sweet rock 'n roll And shoot you full of rhythm and blues

Walkin' Blues Colin James

"Woke up this morning, feel 'round for my shoes, You know 'bout that babe, had them old walkin' blues.

Bartender's Blues James Taylor

Now I'm just a bartender, and I don't like my work, but I don't mind the money at all.I see lots of sad faces and lots of bad cases of folks with their backs to the wall.But I need four walls aroun...

Angry Blues James Taylor

I can't help it if I don't feel so good. I can't help it if I don't feel so good.If I had my way, I'd be sitting on the top of the world. I can't help it if I don't feel so good.When the anger come...

Catfish Skip James

I would rather be a little catfish, so I could swim way down in the sea I would have somebody, somebody Settin' out hooks for me Settin' out hooks for me You know, I went to my baby's house, she ...

Get On Down The Road Skip James

If you haven't any hay, get on down the road If you haven't any hay, mama Lord, go, get on down the road Get on down the road Get on down the road If you haven't any hay, mama, Lord, go, get on do...

Devil Got My Woman Skip James

I'd rather be the devil, to be that woman man1 I'd rather be the devil, to be that woman man Aw, nothin' but the devil, changed my baby's mind Was nothin' but the devil, changed my baby's mind I ...

Drunken Spree Skip James

I pawned my watch, pawned my chain, pawned my diamond ring If that don't settle my drunken spree1, I'll never get drunk again It was late last night when Miss Willie come home She'd made one rap2...

Hard Time Killing Floor1 Skip James

Hard time here and everywhere you go Times is harder than ever been before And the people are driftin' from door to door Can't find no heaven, I don't care where they go Hear me tell you people,...

Crow Jane Skip James

Crow Janie, Crow Janie, Crow Jane, don't you hold you head high Someday, baby, you know you got to die You got to lay down and... You got to die, you got to... And I wanna buy me a pistol, wants ...

Little Cow And Calf Is Gonna Die Blues1 Skip James

Hey hey-hey-hey-hey, hey hey hey hey hey Hey hey-hey-hey-hey, hey hey hey hey... And every cow and calf, I believe was born to die I'm a-milk my heifer2, milk her in a churn I'll milk my heifer, ...

All Night Long Skip James

If it's all night long, mama, if it's all night long If it's all night long, mama, Lord, if it's all night long If you ain't got no hay, mama, better be on your way If you ain't got no hay, mama, ...

How Long Buck1 Skip James

How long, how long has my Crow Jane treat me wrong? So long, baby so long, baby, so long I got to the station, she left town I'm blue and disgusted and nobody been down But hey, so long, baby, so...

She's All The World To Me Skip James

She's all in the world to meShe does climbs upon my kneeAnd to me she will forever beThat little, bit-a girl, a-mineShe got two little eyesThat shine so brightTwo little armsThat would caress me so...

Everybody Leaving Here Skip James

Now listen here, woman I have to tell you what you do Give back my money An I'll be through wit' you Ev'rybody is leavin' here Skipper James, is long gone, too I mean, leavin' Ev'rybody is leavin' here

Mississippi Hans Theessink

Starting out of Memphis, highway 61 Traces of the places where the blues began Sun is blazing, horizon far Echoes of a national steel guitar Down in Mississippi Down in Mississippi Down in Mississippi

Mississippi Hans Theessink, Terry Evans

Down in Mississippi Where the blues was born Yazoo river rolling through the land Cradle of the blues, that delta land Cottonfields, catfish farms Steady-rocking rhythm since the dawn of time Down in Mississippi

James River Blues Old Crow Medicine Show

James River blues I just heard the awful news I could steer around the rocks But they're bustin' down the docks James River blues That train came on through And the work's gotten slow So where's a boat

St, James Infirmary Blues Underground

I went down to St,James Infirmary And I heard my baby moan And I felt so broken hearted She used to be my very own And I tried so hard to keep from crying My heart felt just like lead She was all

St. James Infirmary BaBa Blues

James Infirmary, See my baby there; She\'s stretched out on a long, white table, She\'s so sweet, so cold, so fair.

The Blues Is My Business Etta James

got a heart full of trouble, a house full of sin And things are bad as they ever been If trouble were money I'd have more money than any man should I'm open for business in your neighborhood The blues

Dust My Blues Elmore James

I'm gonna get up in the morning, I believe I'll dust my blues Gonna get up in the morning, I believe I'll dust my blues I gotta leave my baby, I ain't got no time to lose I don't want no woman,

Down Home Blues Etta James

While you're fixin' me a drink Play me some of them down home blues You know, I don't get out much on the town And you know, I done cut out a lot of that runnin' around All week long, I've been keepin'

Cotton Crop Blues James Cotton

Ain't gonna raise no more cotton I'll tell you the reason why I say so Ain't gonna raise no more cotton I'll tell you the reason why I say so Well, and you don't get nothing for your cotton and you...

Blues Before Sunrise Elmore James

I have the blues before sunrise, tears standing in my eyes I have the blues before sunrise, tears standing in my eyes It was a miserable feeling, now babe, a feeling I do despise I have to leave, leave

An Open Door Illinois

Call me, Lisa if you willI got a story for yaCall me, Lisa if you mindI gotta tell you nowI gotta tell you nowYou hold secrets the best out of all of our friendsFool's gold, traded your soulScared ...

Hang On Illinois

It was the cheapest of giftsIts like a weight has been liftedand I'm sorry I missed it'cause it sounds like a blastwe've got trophies for boredomlike check mail they sort em'I'm not wasted I'm save...

Are You Coming With Me? Illinois

Do you want to get outDo you want to get out of hereI can take you to some placeWell everything's differenteverything's all rearrangedMy mommy's nature and daddy's timeAnd when he comes hereI'll ru...

Missing Piece Illinois

Well it's a big routineLifes it's machineSo I'm hoping for youThat I'm not what your used toand you think of meas some kind of treatand escape from your daybut your not really running awayand if I ...

I Hate Love Illinois

Two people meetBy accident started talkingThey thought hate and love should start a warAnd put on different uniformsSo when two kids like us meetWe'll know if we're each others friendsOr each other...

Broken String Illinois

Stars are brightAnd everything's clear tonightWe might change our mindsIn the sunlightI think you don't want meJust spinning my head latelyIf it's space you needConsider my soul emptyFor goodWe tal...

Next Door To The Blues Etta James

Sorrow Is the street that I'm living on Across pain avenue In a town call moan The people I see are sadder than me A river of tears Don't you know it flows by my door And I'm living (next door to the blues

Guitar Blues Barclay James Harvest

<< Guitar Blues >> --- Barclay James Harvest Each night the same songs Each night the pain As I look for your face In the shadows of the front row Life came between us Life on the

Gone, gone blues Townes Van Zandt

Gone, gone blues by Townes Van Zandt Well, little darling she ain't mean me no harm you know, she loved me all night long now she's gone, gone Well, little darling in a dress so red now she's

Everyday I Have The Blues Elmore James

Everyday, everyday I have the blues Everyday, everyday, everyday I have the blues Speaking of bad luck and trouble, now, it's you I hate to lose Nobody love me, nobody seem to care Baby, nobody

Everybody Has The Blues James Taylor

Poor puppy, you look so sad I guess you think that no one ever Felt so bad before Everybody has the blues Everybody has the blues Everybody knows the way that you feel today Everybody gets to sit and cry