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UNKNOWN SINGERS WITH MEMPHIS JUG BAND

Sugar Pudding

[Memphis, 11 Sept. 1928 (47009-1) Vi-21740] I’m tired of the women : *the day she cook* *She* ??? : that sugar pudding *Th at* ??? : she’s long and tall She sits up there : from wall to wall *Oh won’t you ??? me the* : *you going to* I’m talking about the ??? : ??? *your head*

UNKNOWN SINGER

Th row Me Down

[Place unknown, c. Oct. 1928 (20998-1) Pm unissued] Hey you threw me down : and you threw me from my home Th at’s all right baby : you’re going to miss the days I’m gone I felt like falling : from the treetop to the ground *Should have been* my old babe : and she was leaving town It was dark and stormy : and the sun shining bright like day Some day the storm going to come : going to blow these old worried blues away I’m going to hang my hat baby : Lord in some old weeping willow tree Ain’t going to wear it no more : till these old blues stop worrying me

UNKNOWN SINGER WITH THE BIRMINGHAM JUG BAND

German Blues

[Atlanta, 11 Dec. 1930 (404677-B) OK-8856] I believe I’ll go back to Germany : *and pay a deposit gold* I’m going to get no one woman : staying out in the cold If you’re worried mama : you know just how I feel Say wake up mama : the children done come home Nobody been here : since your daddy left your home

Th e Wild Cat Squawl

[Atlanta, 11 Dec. 1930 (404680-A) OK-8908] I went home last night : about half past four Mr. wildcat told me : didn’t *pay* you no more Went a-hunting last night : out in the woods

You ought to see wildcat : make my dog go good Went home this morning : about the break of day Ha baby : he’s just staying away Th ere’s one thing about a wild cat : that he’ll do He makes you holler : and he make a fool of you Ever been in the country : rattle around the woods You ought to hear Mrs. wildcat : make her do good Say wake up mama : hear your rooster crow One at your window : one at your door

Gettin’ Ready for Trial

[Atlanta, 11 Dec. 1930 (404682-C) OK-8856] Down in Alabama : we will have a trial Th ose jury down there : don’t stand no lie Tell me big boy : let’s start it again You had no business : catching that white man’s hen Every morning : about half past nine Old judge : going to have somebody’s wine Wake up mama : hear your rooster crow One at your window : one at your door Sister and brother : you needn’t have cried Th e kids in the school : are ready to write Come on sister : let’s start that thing Old brother : stole that hen again *Well I didn’t have a nickel* : wouldn’t pay me no fi ne Get you a shovel : and go down in the mine Don’t want me mama : don’t you tell no lies Because the day you quit me : that’s the day you die Hey big boy : did you aim to run If you start to fooling : I’ll shoot with my gun

Giving It Away

[Atlanta, 11 Dec. 1930 (404683-A) OK-8908] Say I woke up this morning : about the break of day I hugged the pillow : where you used to lay Red rooster comes back : with her *hen nipped* up Just can’t so it : for to strut that stuff Old Aunt Anna : she’s long and slim When start to shaking : it’s too tight then What did the rooster : say to the hen Ain’t seen my woman : in God knows when Says nickel is a nickel : and a dime a dime Got a house full of children : ain’t nar’ one mine

Mama got the rowboat : papa got the tug Well sister got the whiskey : and brother got the jug Wake up mama : hear the rooster crow One at your window : one at your door Says the rooster crow : and the hen walk around I ain’t seen my woman : since she leave this town