
Date of issue: 31.12.1967
Record label: Concord, Craft
Song language: English
Be My Woman |
Be my woman, girl, I’ll be your man |
Be my woman, and I’ll be your man |
Be my woman, girl, I’ll be your man |
Now don’t you know, every day is Sunday |
And a dollar in your hand |
Say, in your hand, mama, yeah, in your hand, I declare now |
Every day is Sunday, gonna get a dollar in your hand |
Be my woman, child, I’m gonna be your man |
Yeah, be my woman, I’m gonna be your man |
Just be my woman, and I’m gonna be your man |
Now don’t ya know, every day is Sunday |
You got a dollar in your hand |
In your hand, sugar, square in your hand, I declare now |
Every day is Sunday, you got a dollar in your hand |
Now you go down to Memphis and you wear your fancy clothes |
Yes, you go down to Memphis wearin' all them fancy clothes |
You go down to Memphis in your Sunday go-to-meetin' clothes |
Now, I go down in overalls and play them dicin' holes |
Them dicin' holes, buddy, mean dicin' holes, I declare now |
I go in overalls, playin' them dicin' holes |
Well, when you get to Memphis, don’t you dare to hang around |
Yeah, when you hit that city don’t you dare to hang around |
No, when you go to Memphis, don’t you dare to hang around |
Well now, Sheriff Stone gonna stop you, then you’re workhouse bound |
It’s workhouse bound, yeah, mean workhouse bound, I declare now |
Sheriff Stone gonna stop you, and it’s workhouse bound |
You know, the prettiest train that I ever done seen |
Yeah, the prettiest train that I ever done seen |
Yeah, the prettiest train that I ever done seen |
It run from Jackson down to New Orleans |
It’s New Orleans, yeah, whoa, New Orleans, I declare now |
It run from Jackson to New Orleans |
You know, the finest woman that I ever done seen |
Yeah, the finest woman that I ever done seen |
The finest woman I ever done seen |
Well, I left her on a corner down in Bowling Green |
And it’s Bowling Green, buddy, yes, Bowling Green, I declare now |
I left her on a corner down in Bowling Green |
And I said, be my woman, I’m gonna be your man |
Just be my woman, girl, I’m gonna be your man |
Whoa now, if you be my woman, I’m gonna be your man |
Every day gonna be Sunday, got a dollar in your pretty hand |
Every day is Sunday, you got a dollar in your pretty hand, yeah |
I don’t make much money, baby, but I try to do the best I can |
Every day is Sunday, you got a dollar in your pretty hand |
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