| I woke up this morning just 'bout half past four
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| Hesitation blues was knocking on my door
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| Tell me, how long, do I baby, have to wait
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| Can I let you know? |
| Why must I hesitate?
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| Ain’t no use in me working so hard
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| I got me two good women
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| Working in the rich folks' yard
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| I ain’t your good man
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| Ain’t your good man’s son
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| But I can get in the place of your good man
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| 'til your good man comes
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| Well, I ain’t no miller
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| Ain’t no miller’s son
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| But I can grind a little corn
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| 'til the miller comes
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| I ain’t no wine presser
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| Ain’t no wine presser’s son
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| But I can buy you a little groceries
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| 'til the grocery man cames
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| I ain’t no cradle rocker
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| Ain’t no cradle rocker’s son
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| But I can do a little rockin' for you
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| 'til the rocker man comes
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| Well, I ain’t no doctor
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| Ain’t no doctor’s son
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| But I can cure a few cases
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| 'til the doctor comes
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| Eagle on the dollar say, «In God We Trust»
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| Woman flashy, wants a man but I declare
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| She want a dollar first
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| I ain’t no bookkeeper
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| Ain’t no bookkeeper’s son
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| But I can keep a few books
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| 'til the bookkeeper comes
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| I ain’t no milkman
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| Ain’t no milkman’s son
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| But I can keep you supplied
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| 'til your milkman comes
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| I ain’t no chauffeur
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| Ain’t no chauffeur’s son
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| But I can do a little driving
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| 'til your chauffeur comes
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| Well, I ain’t no back-breaker
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| Ain’t no back-breaker's son
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| But I can stretch out my back
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| 'til your back-breaker comes
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| I ain’t got no woman and I ain’t got no kid
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| Ain’t got no daughter to be bothered with
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| I ain’t no rent payer
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| Ain’t no rent payer’s son
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| But I can scrape up a few rents
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| 'til the rent payer comes
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| Well, I ain’t been to heaven but I’ve been told
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| St. Peter learnt the angels how to do the Jelly Roll
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| Me and my buddy and two or three more
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| We get good women everywhere we go
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| Well, I hitched up the mule
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| And the mule wouldn’t pull
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| Took the hunches off the mule
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| And put the hunches on the bull
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| Blacker the berry the sweeter the juice
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| I’d be a fool if I quit the woman I got
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| Because it ain’t no use
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| I got hesitating stockings
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| Hesitating shoes
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| I got a hesitating woman
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| Singing me the hesitating blues
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| My good gal quit me
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| I ain’t going to wear no black
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| I always got something to make her
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| Come running back
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| Men in the country hollering, «Whoa, haw, gee!»
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| Women in the city flying around
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| Asking the question, «Who wants me?»
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| Ashes to ashes and dust to dust
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| Just show me a woman that a man can trust
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| You know, my mother told me
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| When I was just six years old
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| I’m going to be a good women getter
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| God bless your soul |
Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Hesitation Blues , by - Rev. Gary Davis. Song from the album Blues & Ragtime, in the genre Блюз