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• The Break I'm Getting - Peetie Wheatstraw
• Tennessee Peaches Blues - Peetie Wheatstraw
• Peet Wheatstraw - Peetie Wheatstraw
• All Night Long - Peetie Wheatstraw
• Beer Tavern - Peetie Wheatstraw
• Working On The Project - Peetie Wheatstraw
• Whiskey Head Blues - Peetie Wheatstraw
• The Last Dime - Peetie Wheatstraw
• Slave Man Blues - Peetie Wheatstraw
• Sinking Sun Blues - Peetie Wheatstraw
• Shack Bully Stomp - Peetie Wheatstraw
• Poor Millionaire - Peetie Wheatstraw
• Police Station Blues - Peetie Wheatstraw
• Peetie Wheatstraw Stomp - Peetie Wheatstraw
• Little House (I'm Gonna Chase These Peppers) - Peetie Wheatstraw
• Devil's Son-In-Law - Peetie Wheatstraw
• Crapshooters Blues - Peetie Wheatstraw
• Coon Can Shorty - Peetie Wheatstraw

Now, listen here people
Think I'm tired of bein' a bum
For the breaks I'm gettin' now
I done got to be nothin' but a crumb
I've got tired
Of these breaks they givin' me
I'm gon' pack my grip
An I'm going back to Tennessee
Now, I walk all day
Can't find no work at all
I'm broke an' hungry all the winter
And ragg'dy all the fall
I walked all day
My feet got wet n' damp
I've been sufferin' two, three days
From the miss meal cramp
I was barefooted, naked
I was in the ice an snow
With all my yas-yas, out
You could see my big toe
I was barefooted
Didn't have on no shoes
And the rocks, gravel and concrete
Is givin' my soles the blues
An 'fore I'd let winter in St. Louis
Get the best of me
I'd get on a freight train an walk
Back to Memphis,Tennessee
'Cause I've done got tired
Of these breaks they givin' me
I'm gon' pack my grip
An I'm going back to Tennessee
Now other day I woked up
To a big healthy garbage can
And drugs my stiff back on it
Back of a natural man
I says, 'Razzy ham bone
And skanky muffin
Get back all your coffee grounds
Cause you know I ain't bluffin'
An 'fore I'd let winter in let St. Louis
Take advantage of me
I'd go back down south
Where all chumps oughta be
'Cause I've done got tired
Of these breaks they givin' me
I'm gon' pack my grip
And I'm goin' back to Tennessee
Now, I'm 'onna sing this verse
Now, ain't gon' sing any mo'
'Cause I'm gettin' kind-a warm
An you know I've got to go
I love to clown for ya'all
An I love to act a monkey
But I don't wanna get too hot
'Cause I'm scared I'm liable to get a bad cold
'Cause I done got tired
Of these breaks they givin' me
I'm 'onna pack my grip
And I'm goin' back to Tennessee.

(Neckbones vocal vrs1-3)
I was born in Mississippi
Raised in Tennessee
I was born in Mississippi
An I's raised in Tennessee
But there wimens in Missour-a
Picks on over me
My babes have something
I don't know what it is
My babes have something
I don't know what it is
Ev'rytime she moves
Baby, now I can't be still
Said the peaches I'm loving
Don't grow on no trees
Lord, that peaches I'm loving
Don't grow on no trees
Lord, it's somewhere baby
Just above yo' knees
Well now, you said it's peaches you love
They don't grow on no trees
There another peaches you love
They'll grow on no tree
(Where they grow at?)
I b'lieve now you say
Peaches, now grow just above the knees
Well now, b'lieve I'll go
Back down in Tennessee
Right now I b'lieve I'll go
Back down in Tennessee
Well baby, that where the peaches grow, honey
Now just above the knee
Hoo-umm-umm
Hoo-well-well, so sweet
Hoo-hoo-umm
Babe, they're so smooth
Well-well-well, now
Hoo-hoo-ooo-ooo
In your grove
Peaches, growin' on no tree
Like the big wild peaches
Don't grow on no tree
Well, I b'lieve to my soul, now
'At's down in Tennessee.
(piano and guitar to end)

Now this is Peetie Wheatstraw, remember
People wanna know where do I prowl
This is Peetie Wheatstraw
People wanna know where do I prowl
Sometimes I prowl a far distant land
Sometimes I prowl on the rising clouds
An now I once was a good boy
Mama, I was good all over town
I say, I once was a good boy
Babe, I was good all over town
Well-well, nar' I don't see why
People tried to slam me down
When I first met you, little baby
Baby, this is the lie you told
I know when I first met you, baby
This is the lie you told
You said now you could get my money, baby
And then I will be made of silver and gold
(instrumental)
'What you gonna do, Charlie
You gonna play for me or just for money?'
'Money!'
Now what are you gon' do little baby, um-mm-mm
When your road gets dogged like mine?
Now what are you gon' do, baby
Now when your road gets dogged like mine?
Honey, now you would be worried
Mama now an bothered all the time
Now if anybody ask you baby, hmm
Honey, now who compose this song?
Well-well-well, now if anybody asks you
Mama, who compose this song?
Now-now, will you please tell 'em this is, Peetie Wheatstraw
Well now he have been here and gone.

Stay out all night long
Now just to keep you off my mind
Stay out all night long
Babe, now-now keep you off my mind
Well now you keep me worried baby
In an alley barefoot all the time
Once was a good girl
Ain't no be that way no mo'
Now don't forget a day, baby
You drove me from yo' do'
Once was a good girl
They don't preach that way no mo'
An don't forget a girl, now little may matter
Babe, now you drove me from yo' do'
How do you feel
When you drive a good man from yo' do'?
How do you feel
When you drive a good man from yo' do'?
Well-well, now you must stop, look an listen
Maybe your best friend, you don't know
(piano)
Spoken:
When it's hard sometime when you get in bad luck.
Sometimes that a man don't know just what to do.
But I'm 'onna tell you what I'm 'onna do for myself
I'm 'on get me one .45, now I take care of myself then.
What would you do now, little mellow?
You come walking to my do'
An I will tell you about this
'Please don't come here no mo'
What would you do
If you come walkin' to my do'?
Well then I tell you
'Bye-bye, you not 'onna come here, no mo'
There's something I'll tell you
Don't turn a good man from your do'
Now there's far something I tell you
Don't drive a good man from your do'
Well-well, now you may need his help someday, baby
Hm-well-well, you don't know.

How many mo' years
Baby, now will I be your slave?
I say, how many mo' years
Mama, now will I be your slave?
Well, now something been tellin' you
Woo-well, now I'm tired of you low down dirty ways
When I come home at night
Baby, ev'rything is wrong
When I come home at night
Mama, ev'rything is wrong
Now you sit keep company all day
Woo-well-well, your man he will be gone
I often tell you
To be careful what you do
Woo-hoo-well, brown
To be careful what you do
Well-now if it is right or wrong
Woo-well, somebody may tell on you
(piano - Peetie)
I tried to be a real man
But now it seems to be all in vain
Woo-hoo-ooo, girl
Seems to be all in vain
But now you know if tell on you, baby
Woo-well, now you going just the same
Can you tell me, babe
If you know just what right means?
Woo-well, brown
If you know just what right means?
Well, you are about the dumbest woman
Woo-well, then any woman I ever seen.

I was workin' on the project
Beggin' for relief for shoes
I was workin' on the project
Beggin' for relief for shoes
Because the rock an concrete
Hoo-well-well, now they giving my feet the blues
Workin' on the project
With holes all in my clothes
Workin' on the project
With holes all in my clothes
Tryin' to make me a dime
To keep the rent man from puttin me outdo's
I am workin' on the project
Tryin' to make both ends meet
I am workin' on the project
Tryin' to make ends meet
But the payday is so long
Woo-well-well, until the grocery man won't let me eat
Workin' on the project
My gal spending all my dough
Workin' on the project
My gal spending all my dough
Now I have waked up on her
Ooh-well-well, and I won't be that weak no mo'
Workin' on the project
With payday three or four weeks away
Workin' on the project
With payday three or four weeks away
Now, how can you make they meet
Ooo-well-well-well, when you can't get no pay?

I am drunk now
Will be sober after a while
Well, now I am drunk now
Will be sober after a while
Well now, if I don't get sober
Hoo-ooo-brown, please why don't you let me die?
My fairasee made me mad
Whiskey now is all I known
Well, my baby made me mad
Whiskey, I said is all I've known
Well, now if you don't want me, brown babe
Hm-mm-well, why in the world don't you let me go?
You known I drink whiskey
Now before we ever met
Well now she known I drink whiskey
Now before we ever met
And I'll guarantee, know right now
Um-um-well, that I'd been drinking whiskey yet
(piano)
Yes, I meant it, babe
Before I take this drink
Mm-mm, just remember babe
Before I take a drink
Well now, I wanna give you plenty time
Woo-well brown, now in this world to think
I am sorry, now
That I'm a whiskey-headed man
I say I'm sorry, now
That I'm a whiskey-headed man
But now I just want you go home
Hoo-well brown babe
Now do the best you can.

I believe, I believe that I'll go back home
Umm-um-um
I believe that I'll go back home
Well now I'm goin', hardly matters
Ooo-well-brown, than if I be treated wrong
Well, now this not my home
Mama, an I sure don't have to stay
Umm-mm-mm
Babe, I sure don't have to stay
Well now-now, give me a good going
Hoo-hoo-well-well, then I believe I'll go away
Please now don't never give
The woman you love, dime
I said, please don't never give
The woman you love, dime
Well then after you do it
Hoo-hoo-well now
She gon' mistreat you all the time
(piano)
Well, my little woman now she called me
An asked me for my last dime
Well, my little woman she called me
An asked me for my last dime
Well, well now when she get it
Hm-mm, 'Now', she said, 'You is no man a-mine'
You been a-lyin', baby
You been a-lyin'
I don't know how I love you what you do
Hmm-mm-mm
Feedin' me lies will hurt you, too
Well now the same old thing
Hoo-hoo, now is gon' come creeping after you.

How many mo' years
Baby, now will I be your slave?
I say, how many mo' years
Mama, now will I be your slave?
Well, now something I'm tellin' you
Woo-well, now I'm tired of you low down dirty ways
When I come home at night
Baby, ev'rything is wrong
When I come home at night
Mama, ev'rything is wrong
Now you sit keep company all day
Woo-well-well, your man he will be gone
I often tell you
To be careful what you do
Woo-hoo-well-brown
To be careful what you do
Well now, if it is right or wrong
Woo-well, somebody may tell on you
(piano - Peetie)
I tried to be a real man
But now it seems to be all in vain
Woo-hoo-ooo, girl
Seems to be all in vain
But now you know if tell on you, baby
Woo-well, now you goin' just the same
Can you tell me please
If you know just what right means?
Woo-well brown
If you know just what right means?
Well you about to go out here, grumpiest
Woo-well, then any woman I ever seen.

The evening sun is beginning to sing low
The evening sun is beginning to sink low
Just a few more hours
Ooo-well-well and I will have to go
Once I was going down the lonesome road
Once I was going down the lonesome road
I met a man, hoo-well-well
And he was bound with heavy load
By then the sun had turned now, the whole world red
By then the sun had turned the whole world red
Poor me didn't have no place
Ooo-well-well, now to lay my worried head
Darkness fell upon me and I couldn't hear a sound
Darkness fell upon me and I couldn't hear a sound
I let fate be my pillow, hoo-well-well
My bed be on the ground
When I think about all the bad deeds I have done
When I think about all the bad deeds I have done
I say to myself, ooo-well-well, I'm no good son-of-a-gun.

I used to play slow
But now I play it fast
I used to play slow
But now I play fast
Just to see the women
Shake their yas, yas, yas
(piano & guitar)
Now I am a man that ev'rybody know
I am a man an that ev'rybody knows
An you can see a crowd
Ev'rywhere he goes
(piano & guitar)
'Play it fast, boy'
Ramble an I ramble
'Till about the break of day
Ramble an I ramble
'Till about the break of day
I think it's time now
To stop my ramblin' ways
(piano & guitar)
My name is Peetie
I'm on the line you bet
Yoo-hoo-well, I'm on the line you bet
I got somethin' new
That I ain't never told you yet
(piano rag)
'Now get down there for a change'
(piano boogie)

When a man is down
He's lucky he ain't got no friends at all-a
I said when a man is down
Seem like ain't no friends at all
It seem like ev'rybody
Wants to knock him around like he's an old ball
When it comes to women
He can't have no luck at all, oh
I said, when he comes to women
He can't have no luck at all, no
They want to put a halter on him
Hoo-well, then tie him up like a mule in his stall
When he go around a used to be woman
One you have to give a real good time
When he go around a used to be woman
One you have give a real good time
And again
You know if he had the poor savvy
If she got a dollar she will swear that she ain't got a dime
When he walk in to see his old gang
Which whom he used to drink
When he walk in to see his old gang
Which whom he used to drink
Well, if he ask them for a little taste
Ooo-well, they'll say, 'Oh, that's just what you think'
Now men when you are down
One thing you must do
Yeah, when you are down
One thing you must do
When you get up
Start to remember ev'rybody that mistreated you.

Well-oh-well
Mama, now on some old rainy day
Hoo-hoo-um-mm
Babe, I see you some old rainy day
Well-well now, you're gonna be sorry
Hoo-hoo-um-um
Babe, now you walked away
Well-well, sun did rose
Mama, now just before the trees
I said now when the sun broke
Ooo-um-mm, just a'fore the trees
Well, now I went to the police station, ask them
Plan on gettin' me my little girl, please
Now-now-now, your days so lonesome
Mama, yo nights so dreadful long
Hoo, times can run me down
Hee-hoo-umm
Babe, now yo' nights so dreadful long
Well-well, spent so many lonesome days
Hoo-hoo-well, babe since I been gone
(guitar)
Well, babe tomorrow is Sunday
Hoo-hoo-umm
Baby, you may see me Christmas Eve
Hoo-hoo-well, know the meaning
I said honey, now tomorrow Sunday
Hee-hoo-ooo, next day was Christmas Eve
Well-well, have I got a present mama, babe
Und' your lil' Christmas tree?
Baby now, when are you gon' give me
Hoo-hoo-umm
Mama now things you promised me?
(Know the kind) know now I mean it
Hee-hee-umm
Mama now things you promised me?
Well-well, you know I don't see why
Baby now, you so hard on me.

Women all ravin'
About Peetie Wheatstraw in this land
Women all ravin'
About Peetie Wheatstraw in this land
He got so many women
They're goin' from hand to hand
Don't tell all the girls
What that Peetie Wheatstraw can do
Woo-hoo-well, that Peetie Wheatstraw can do
That will cause suspicion
Now an you know they will try him, too
(piano)
'Now play a little bit more, let's see how women clown'
If you wanna see the women an men clown
If you wanna see the women an men clown
Just let that Peetie Wheatstraw, come into your town
(piano)
I am Peetie Wheatstraw
The High Sheriff From Hell
I am Peetie Wheatstraw
The High Sheriff From Hell
The way I strut my stuff
Woo-well now, you never can tell.
(piano)
'Now do your stuff, Peetie'
(piano to end)

The little house over yonder
With the do's all painted green
The little house over yonder
With the do's all painted green
That's my little woman's house near the corner
Woo-well-well, where you don't see no screen
My cat is got the measles
Dog is got the whooping cough
My cat is got the measles
An my dog got the whooping cough
You might as well to be's the woman
Ooo-well-well, because I'm gonna be you boss
You can always tell
When your woman is gonna throw you down
You can always tell
When your woman gon' throw you down
She's always got business
Woo-well-well, on the other side of town
Now, I ain't gon' marry
An I ain't gon' settle down
I ain't gon' marry
An I ain't gon' settle down
I'm going to stay right here
Woo-well-well, an run these peppers down
I am going to Chicago
To get my ham bone boiled
I am going to Chicago
An get my ham bone boiled
Because these St. Louis women
Woo-well, going to let my ham bone spoil.

I wonder where would you be now, little mama
Baby, now you made my life a wreck
And now where would you be-be, um
Mama, now you made my life a wreck
Mama, now I'd rather have a rattle snake
Honey now, wrapped a-round my neck
When you used to love me, now little mama
Mama, go clear down to my toes
When you used to love me, baby
Have it go clear down to my toes
Well-well, the other way that I love you, mama
Honey, now don't nobody know
Now I've got eleven women, umm
And I got one little indian squaw
I say I got eleven women
And I got one little indian squaw
Well-well, now that they come to see me
I'm liable to be the Devil's-Son-In-Law
'Play it for me one time, pick it now won't cha?'
(piano & guitar)
Now, an if you take my little woman
You can't keep her long
Well now, if you take my little woman
Well now you can't keep her long
Well-well now, she will come running home
Cryin, 'Daddy, now I done wrong'
Baby, you will never catch special deliveries, mama
Honey, directed to my chest
Tell you now you will never get
(special deliveries mama, honey, directed to my chest)
Now, when I leave you now, little mama
You will never see me back here, again.

My baby's a crap shooter
And she shoots 'em like a man
My babe, she's a crapshooter
And she shoots em' like a man
And ev' since she been shooting craps
Woo-well-well, she been going from hand to hand
Sometime she wins
But the most time she lose
Sometime she win
But now the most time she lose
But now when she lose
Woo-well-well, then I have the crap shooting blues
She told me to always
Bet that the dice won't pass
She told to always
Bet that the dice won't pass
But ev'rytime since I been bettin' that way
Woo-well-well, I been had a raggedy yas, yas, yas.
Since I have been shooting craps
I can't win a cent
Since I have been shooting craps
I can't win a cent
Well, I can't win enough dough
Woo-hoo-well-well, now to even pay my rent
I'm tellin' all you crapshooters
Now to let crapshooting go
I am telling all you crapshooters
Woo-well, to let crapshooting go
'Cause now you will be stone barefooted
Woo-well-well, then again and outta dough.

Well now, they call me Coon Can Shorty
The man from Coon Can Land
Yeah now, they call me Coon Can Shorty
The man from Coon Can Land
Well, I'm known to play the man
Hoo-well-well, the game they call Coon Can
My dice won't pass
Cards it only game you see
I said, my dice won't pass
Cards is the only the only game you see
An ev'ry chump in town
Hoo-well-well, seems to fall out on me
My babe give me money
Coon Can Shorty is my name
I said, my babe give me money
Coon Can Shorty is my name
A-before I lose her money
Hoo-well, I will spread dueces until I begin
But someday my dice gon' pass
An my money gon' be on the wood
Hm-hm-um-well, my money gon' be on the wood
Any chump in town
Hoo-hoo-well, they ain't gon' be no good
Some say they will coon the devil
If you chain him down
Some said they will coon the devil
If you chain him down
But now you know how good his sound
Ooo-well-well, if you come in this town.