Taj Mahal
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Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do
There ain't nothing I can do or nothing I can say
That
folks don't criticize me
But I'm going to do just as I want to anyway
And
don't care just what people say
If I should take the notion to jump into the ocean
Ain't
nobody's business if I do
If I go to church on Sunday then cabaret all day
Monday
Ain't nobody's business if I do
If my man ain't got no money and I say take all of mine honey
Ain't nobody's business if I do
If I give him my last nickel and it leaves me
in a pickle
Ain't nobody's business if I do
Well I'd rather my man would hit me than for him to jump up
and quit me
Ain't nobody's business if I do
I swear I won't call no copper
if I'm beat up by my popper
Ain't nobody's business if I do
Nobody's business, ain't nobody's business
Nobody's
business if I do
Blue Light Boogie
They did the boogie real slow
With the blue lights way down
low
They did the boogie real slow
With the blue lights way down low
I went to a party
Was nothin' there but bobby socks
Went
to a party
Man you oughta seen em to reel and rock
They did the boogie real slow
With the blue lights way down
low
They did the boogie real slow
With the blue lights way down low
I started rockin
Man I threw my left foot out
I started
swingin
Somebody begin to shout
You got to boogie real slow
With the blue lights way down
low
You got to boogie real slow
With the blue lights way down low
The girls and boys, they made so much noise
They even had a
raid
But when the police got there all they could find
Was ice-cream and
lemonade
Oh, what a party
I'm so glad I didn't stay at home
Oh,
what a party
They didn't treat me like I was a chaperon
They did the boogie real slow
With the blue lights way down
low
They did the boogie real slow
With the blue lights way down low
I started swingin
I threw my left foot out
I started
rockin
Oh and they begin to shout
You got to boogie real slow
With the blue lights way down
low
You got to boogie real slow
With the blue lights way down low
The women had they're heads laid on their fellas' shoulders
Who were boogie-woogeyin and squeezin 'em up in the room
I couldn't see how
they was dancin'
'Cuz their feet, they didn't move
Oh, what a party
I'm so glad I didn't stay at home
Oh,
what a party
They didn't treat me like I was a chaperon
They did the boogie real slow
With the blue lights way down
low
They did the boogie real slow
With the blue lights way down low
Farther On, Down The Road Babe
Farther on, down the road babe,
You will accompany me.
Farther on, down the road babe,
You will accompany me.
When I think back, your love was like a sun,
I don't
remember no cold days, I just remember the warm ones...
Farther on, down the road babe,
You will accompany me.
With fools in life, then a happy fool, I would rather be,
Oh Baby, I'll be glad to learn from you,
And I know, you'll be glad to learn
from me,
And if we get down, and things get sad,
We could cheer up each
other, co things just aint that bad,
With fools in life, then a happy fool, I
would rather be.
Day by day, just one step, just one step at a time,
Cause
woman, you have given me so much,
Just to ease this stubborn old aching heart
of mine,
I don't care where they came from, and I don't care what they might
say,
Woman you've been loving in my corner, all the way,
Day by day, the
magic of kindness, floweth all the time.
Farther on, down the road,
You will accompany me.
Farther on, down the road babe,
You will accompany me.
Oh babe, oh baby.
Oh baby, oh baby.
Farther on, down the road babe,
You will accompany me...
Fishin' Blues
Betcha' goin' fishin' all o' da' time
Baby goin' fishin'
too.
Bet yo' life, Yo' sweet wife
Catch mo' fish than you.
Many fish bites if ya' got good bait,
Here's a little tip
that I would like to relate.
Many fish bites if ya' got good bait.
I'ma
goin fishin', Yes I'm goin' fishin,
And my baby goin' fishin' too.
I went on down to my fav'rit fishin' hole
Baby grab me a
pole an' line.
Throw my pole on in, caught a nine poun' catfish
Now ya'
know I brought 'im home for suppertime.
Provin' any fish bites if ya' got good bait,
Here's a
little tip that I would like to relate.
Many fish bites if ya' got good bait.
I'ma goin fishin', Yes I'm goin' fishin,
And my baby goin' fishin' too.
Baby brother 'bout to run me outta my mind,
Say, can I go
fishin' wi' chu?
I took 'im on down to the fishin' hole
Now what do you
think that he did do?
Pulled a great big fish out da' bottom o' da pond,
Now he laughed and jumped 'cause he was real gone.
Many
fish bites if ya' got good bait.
I'ma goin fishin', Yes I'm goin' fishin,
And my baby goin' fishin' too.
Put 'im in da' pot baby put 'im in da' pan
Honey cook 'im
'til he nice an' brown.
Make a batch o' buttermilk, Hoe cakes Mama
An' ya'
chew them thangs an' ya' chomp 'em on down
Singin' any fish bites if ya' got good bait,
Here's a
little tip that I would like to relate.
Many fish bites if ya' got good bait.
I'ma goin fishin', Yes I'm goin' fishin,
And my baby goin' fishin' too.
Play da' blues.....
Betcha' goin' fishin' all o' da' time
Baby goin' fishin'
too.
Bet yo' life, Yo' sweet wife
She gonna Catch mo' fish than you.
Many fish bites if ya' got good bait,
O Here's a little tip
that I would like to relate.
Many fish bites if ya' got good bait.
I'ma
goin fishin', Mama's goin' fishin,
And the baby goin' fishin' too.
Having A Real Bad Day
I found her number, and the note she wrote
Deep in the
pocket, of a real old coat
It just got by me some way
I'm having a real
bad day
Said she was all moved in and her apartment,
sure looked fine
Suggested I come by, and see her some time
Said all her fixtures were new,
and I'll turn them on for you
She said I get home at a quarter to six
I'll be waiting for
your call
I'll fix you something, I'm sure your gonna love
but we don't
have to, we don't have to eat at all
that's one of the problems, of life on
the road
little notes like this ain't got no area code
I don't know what
else to say
I'm having, a real bad day
I don't know what to say
I'm
having, a real bad day
She Caught The Katy
She caught the Katy, and left me a mule to ride
She caught
the Katy, and left me a mule to ride
My baby caught the Katy, left me a mule
to ride
The train polled out, and I swung on behind
I'm crazy 'bout her,
that hardheaded woman of mine
Man my baby's long, great god she's mighty she's tall
you
know my baby's long, great god she's mighty my baby she's tall
Well my baby
she's long, my baby she's tall
she sleeps wiht her head in the kitchen and
her big feet out in the hall
And I'm still crazy 'bout her, that hardheaded
woman of mine
Well I love my baby, she's so fine
I wish she'd come and
see me some time
If you don´t believe I love her,
Look what a hole I'm
in
If you don't believe I'm sinking,
Look what a shape I'm in
She caught the Katy, and left me a mule to ride
She caught
the Katy, and left me a mule to ride
Well my baby caught the Katy, left me a
mule to ride
The train polled out, and I swung on behind
I'm crazy 'bout
her, that hardheaded woman-
hardheaded woman of mine
Little Red Hen
Well, li'l red hen said to lil'l red rooster
You don't
come round here much as you used to
Now, hone,y you long gone,
Baby, you
long gone, oh, you long gone
Just like a turkey through the corn
Ole grey mule said to the ole grey hen
Honey, now tell me
where that rooster of yours have been
She said, he long gone, say, he long
gone, oh, he long gone
Baby, like a turkey through the corn
Oh, that sweet gray goat say to that ole fat mule
You know
people 'round here been talkin', tellin' me that you a fool
But they long
gone, yes, they long gone, oh, they long gone
Honey, like a turkey through
the corn
I been up North and I been down South an' I been to the Cas
I like the West and South the best
An I'll be long gone, yes, I'm long
gone, I'm long gone
Honey, like a turkey through the corn
Tell me, baby, what's on your mind
I can see by your eyes
that you ain't been cryin'
An' I been long gone, I been long gone, I been
long gone
Honey, like a turkey through the corn
How you know the men don't like me 'cause I speak my mind
And the women crazy 'bout me 'cause I take my time
An I'm long gone, honey,
I'm long gone, I'm long gone
Baby, just like a turkey through the corn
Well, li'l red hen said to lil'l red rooster
You don't
come round here much as you used to
Now, hone,y you long gone,
Baby, you
long gone, oh, you long gone
Just like a turkey through the corn
Well, you can take my potatoes up out that ground
Can put
'em in my oven, turn your damper down
Mama, now you know I'm long gone,
honey, I'm long gone
I'm long gone, baby, like a turkey through the corn
You Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond
You're gonna need somebody on your bond child
You're gonna
need somebody on your bond
When it's late 'round midnight and old man
Death comes slippin' into the room
You're gonna need somebody on your bond
You take Mary and Martha standin' up in the hillside
Mary
explainin' to Martha, "Darlin', look at the river deep and the water wide"
Here comes ole Moses, faithful Moses carryin' big ole stones up the hill
Tellin' everybody they're gonna need somebody on their bond
Whoa, you take Maivus Staples and ole Corn Cheevers
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They got the good side on their bond
Oh, I been listen to the
music people ever since the day I was born
My momma raised me in a room
across from the church by the tree
And that sweet gospel music, oh how it used to comfort me
Tellin' everybody they're gonna need somebody on their bond
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László Zoltán 2011
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