Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Good Road Camp Blues , by - Skip James. Song from the album Blues From The Delta, in the genre БлюзRelease date: 31.12.2005
Record label: Vanguard
Song language: English
Good Road Camp Blues |
| Good Road Camp Blues 3:49 Trk 20 |
| Nehemiah Curtis 'Skip' James |
| Skip James — vocal, guitar and piano |
| Album: Blues From The Delta |
| From Vanguard 'Devil Got My Woman' album 1968 |
| Vanguard Records CD 96 517−2 1998 |
| Note: hyphen = unsung word |
| Captain, captain |
| Captain, captain |
| Befo' I drive, I drive old Slim Bill |
| Captain, captain |
| Captain, captain |
| Befo' I drive old Slim Bill |
| Lord, I’ll walk this good road |
| 'Till my ankle, my ankles swell |
| You know, I’m so tired |
| I’m so tired |
| This red rice and salmon |
| Lord, an these black-eyed peas |
| You know I’m so tired |
| I’m so tired of red rice |
| Salmons and these black-eye'd peas |
| Captain, an these old hard-tack biscuits |
| I declare, these killin' po' me |
| Are you goin' on yonder, yonder? |
| And you tell that big-hat man |
| Oh, if you go down yonder, down yonder |
| And you tell that big-hat man |
| Tell 'em I’m a-so tired a-these black molasses |
| Wit' that teddy bear standin' on a cane |
| Well, down in L’ousiana |
| Way down yonder behind the sun |
| Well, down yonder in L’ousiana |
| Way down behind the sun |
| Seem like to me that’s where all-a my |
| My trouble first begun |
| Now, some come here for ninety |
| And some come here for ninety-nine |
| Lord, some men come for ninety |
| Some come here for ninety-nine |
| But Lord, I come here to stay |
| Just as long as the sun shine |
| Now, captain, captain, ooh |
| A-what's the matter that I can’t see? |
| Captain, captain, captain |
| What’s the matter I can’t — |
| I got a lifetime sentence, here |
| Please, please be light on me |