| Clifton James — drums, Jody Williams — guitar
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| Jerome Greene — maracas. |
| Recorded October 1956
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| Chicago, originally Checker #850.
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| Album: Bo Diddley 'I'm A Man — The Chess Masters 1955−1958'
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| B0009231−02 Hipo Select (Geffen) 2007
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| 'All Aboard! |
| '
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| Bo Spoken w/engineer responding)
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| Let me get in here and get me a ticket.
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| Say man, look here, is this the Down Home Special?
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| (Yes!)
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| Well, gimme a ticket then, man.
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| (What ticket, man?)
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| A ticket to Mccomb, Mississippi.
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| (Mccomb?)
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| Yeah, Mccomb.
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| (I thought you was goin' to Appaloosa)
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| Ha, ha, ha, Yeah, I’m goin' to Appaloosa, alright.
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| The train goin' through there but I ain’t gettin' off!
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| Sings:
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| I’m goin' home to see my babe, fair
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| I’m goin' home, see my baby
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| I’m goin' home, see my baby
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| And I don’t, doggone, mean maybe
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| Been workin' like I never did before
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| Just made a lot of money
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| To get to my baby’s door
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| Been through Appaloosa
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| Been to Tennessee
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| Been up in a airplane
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| Even out on the sea
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| I can’t find a woman
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| To satis-satisfy me Got a woman in the country
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| One in the city, too
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| I have got to find a woman
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| That thrill me through and through
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| I’m goin' home, see my baby
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| I’m goin' home to see my baby
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| I’m goin' home to see my baby
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| And I don’t, don’t, mean maybe
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| (Mccomb!)
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| Travel two days
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| And two nights long
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| Snow, storm, rainy weather
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| Get back in yo' arms
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| I’m goin' home to see my baby
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| I’m goin' home to see my baby
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| (All arrive for Mccomb!)
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| (Mccomb!)
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| Fades-
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| (All arrive for Mccomb). |
Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Downhome Special , by - Bo Diddley. Song from the album Bo Diddley 1955-1960 The Indispensable, in the genre Иностранный рок