Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Mean Old Highway, artist - John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson. Album song Mississippi After Dark, in the genre БлюзDate of issue: 09.10.2017
Record label: Wnts
Song language: English
Mean Old Highway |
| Chicago, August 6, 1946 |
| with Blind John Davis — piano, Willie Lacey — guitar |
| Ransom Knowling — s bass |
| Album: Complete Recorded Works Vol 5 |
| October 19, 1945 — November 12, 1947 |
| Document Records DOCD 5059 |
| Take care of my wife and my baby |
| A-tell 'em I will be back home, someday |
| Take care of my wife and my baby |
| A-tell 'em I will be back home, someday |
| Now, it was stormin', it was raining |
| Man, the day that she walked away |
| I walk this old highway |
| Forty long days an night |
| I walk this old highway, now |
| You know, forty long days an night, yeah |
| Now, an I was just thinkin’about my baby |
| Man, she just a-won't treat me right, yeah |
| Now, the sun is growin’hot, mm Baby, an my shoes is gettin’awful thin |
| You know, the sun is growin hot, mm Oh baby, an my shoes is getting awful thin |
| Now, an I was just wonderin’if my baby |
| Oh Lord, would take me back again, now? |
| 'Alright Lacey, play' |
| (harmonica and instrumental) |
| Lord, the train is blowin' |
| An it is comin’around the bend, yeah |
| You know the train is blowin' |
| An it is comin’around the bend, yeah |
| You know, an I’m just sittin’here thinkin' |
| A-will my baby take me back, again? |
| You know I left my baby |
| Now, when she was only fo’days old |
| You know, I left my little baby |
| A-now, when she was only fo’days old, now |
| I just hope she don’t learn |
| To call no other man, 'Daddy' |
| You know, that’s what worries me so. |