Sonny Boy Williamson - Down South lyrics

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Down South Track #22 3:05

Sonny Boy Williamson I (John Lee)

(John Lee Williamson)

Sonny Boy Williamson I - vocals & harmonica

Yank Rachell - mandolin & guitar

Joe Williams - guitar

Recorded March 13, 1938 Auroram Illinois Leland Hotel

Album: Bluebird Recordings 1937-1938

Transcriber: Awcantor

Now an' I'm goin' back down South

Man, where the weather suits my clothes

Now, I done fooled around in Chicago

Yank, I done almost froze

Now, that I done fooled around in Chicago

Lord, I done almost froze

Lord, my baby, my baby

She don't treat me good no mo'

Now, I know the reason she don't love me

She's wild about Mr. So an' So

Now I know the reason she don't love me

She's wild about Mr. So an' So

Now an' I know my baby

N' I know, Miss Lacey, wanna see me now

Because my baby she didn't want me

To come way back up here, no how

Lord, my baby she didn't want me

To come way back up here, no how.

(harmonica and mandolin to end)