Bring it on home

Baby, baby,
I'm gonna bring it on home to you
I done bought my ticket, I got my load
Conductor done hollered, "All, aboard"
Take my seat and ride way back,
And watch this train move down the track
Baby, baby,
I'm gonna bring it on home to you
I think about the good times I once have had
Soul got happy now, my heart got glad
I think about the way you love me too
You can bet your life, I'm comin home to you
I'm goin home,
I'm gonna bring it on home, now
I'm gonna bring it on home, now
I'm gonna bring it on home, now
Gonna bring it on home,
Bring it on home to you
CHRISTMAS BLUES

Got some mighty sad news and I ain't got nothin' to say
I heard some mighty sad news and I don't have nothin' to say
My baby left me, started me drinkin' on Christmas day
Lord, I tried to fetch religion but the devil would not let me pray
Lord, I tried to fetch religion boys, but the devil he will not let me pray
That's why I gotta stay drunk all day Christmas Day
(spoken: Ooh, on a Christmas Day, You know that's one day I hate to have the blues; you know
when she walked out and left me she give 'em to me, so I have to drink 'em all. I don't even have
a Christmas tree in my house unless she comes home, but if she do happen to come home I will
enjoy this Christmas)
Yes, run here baby and let me tell you what I got to say
Please, please run here darlin' and let daddy tell you what he got to say
Unless'n you come back to me, I'll be drunk all day Christmas Day

COOL DISPOSITION

My baby a kind hearted woman, so lovely and so sweet she's so kind

Yeah, she's a kind hearted woman, so lovely and so sweet she's so kind
She's got such a cool disposition, she just makes me love her all the time
She got me doin' things, peoples I just can't sleep at night
She got me doin' things, you know boys I just can't sleep at night
I don't eat my breakfast in the mornin', and my teeth and tongue begin to fight
Yes, she's 41 through the shoulders, 29 in the waist,
I'll never find another woman, to take my baby's place
She's so lovin', she's so sweet she's so kind
She's got such a cool disposition, makes me love her all the tim
DONT LOOSE YOUR EYE

Don't lose your eye, man to spite your face,

Don't lose your eye, man to spite your face,
Because if people started snitchin' on ya, can't hide at no place
If you do wrong, the world gonna find you out
If you do wrong, the world gonna find you out
You know you can't do wrong and get by, ain't no use in tryin', the dogs that doubt
If I was you, I'd play fair in anything I do
If I was you, I'd play fair in anything I do
Any time that the people find out that you're crooked man their not goin', do nothin' in the world
for you
My daddy taught me, ever since I was a child
My daddy taught me, ever since I was a child
Always treat your neighbors right, be fair with your friends like wild
DONT START ME TO TALKING

Well, I'm goin' down to Rosie's, stop at Fannie Mae's

Gonna tell Fannie what I heard, her boyfriend say
Don't start me to talkin', I'll tell her everything I know
I'm gonna break up this signifyin', 'cause somebody's got to go
Jack give his wife two dollars, go downtown and get some margarine
Gets out on the streets, ol' George stopped her
He knocked her down, and blackened her eye
She gets back home, tell her husband a lie
Don't start me to talkin, I'll tell everything I know
I'm gonna break up this signifyin', somebody's got to go

She borrowed some money, go to the beauty shop

Jim honked his horn, she begin to stop
She said, "Take me, baby," around the block,
I'm goin to the beauty shop, where I can get my hair sock"
Don't start me to talkin', I'll tell everything I know
Well, to break up this signifyin', somebody's got to g
FETTERING FROGS

It took me a long time, to find out my mistakes

Took me a long time, to find out my mistakes,
It sho'h did man
But I bet you my bottom dollar, I'm not fattenin' no more frogs for snakes
I found out my downfall, back in nineteen and thirty,
I started checkin'
I found out my downfall, from nineteen and thirty
I'm tellin' all of my friends, I'm not fattenin' no more frogs for snakes
All right now
Yeah it is nineteen and fifty-seven, I've got to correct all of my mistakes
Whoa man, nineteen and fifty-seven, I've got to correct all of my mistakes
I'm tellin' my friends includin' my wife and everybody else,
Not fattenin' no more frogs for snakes
GOOD EAVNING EVERYBODY

Good evening, everybody, tell me how do you do

Good evening, everybody, tell me how do you do
I'm one of the artists of Chess, come out to work a little
Goodbye, hello, goodbye
Goodbye, hello, goodbye
I didn't come here to stay, I just come here to work awhile
This morning I just dropped in your town
This morning I just dropped in your town
I'm in the studio over in Chicago, trying to knock these blues around

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN LOVE

Have you ever been in love with a woman, like I am in love today
Have you ever been in love with a woman, like I am in love today
I wonder to myself, why she broke my heart this way

Oh baby, I know you don't understand

Oh baby, oh baby, I know you don't understand
It's so tough, that you drive a man insane
The woman I'm talkin' about, she's specially built
A heavied hipted woman, her shoulders are full filled
She got knee action body, hydraulic hips
Air conditioned stomach makes her, back bone slip
Have you ever been in love, like I am in love today
I'm cryin' and beggin' the little girl, why she treat me this a way
Said she would meet me, a quarter to nine
Better believe it dear 'cause, wasn't on time but
Have you been in love, like I'm in love today
She broke my heart, I wonder why she treat me this a way
HELP ME

You got to help me

I can't do it all by myself
You got to help me, baby
I can't do it all by myself
You know if you don't help me darling
I'll have to find myself somebody else
I may have to wash
I may have to sew
I may have to cook
I might mop the floor
But you help me babe
You know if you don't help me darling
I'll find myself somebody else
When I walk, walk with me
When I talk, you talk to me
Oh baby, I can't do it all by myself
You know if you don't help me darling
I'll have to find myself somebody else
Help me, help me darlin'
Bring my nightshirt
Put on your morning gown
Bring my nightshirt
Put on your morning gown
Darlin I know we stripped bare
But I don't feel like lying down
I DONT CARE NO MORE

When we first met, I know what it was

A stranger told me not to, trust your love
I was so carried away, I payed no mind
But I thank God, I saw the light in time
Little girl now, I don't care no more
I don't care what you do, I don't care no more
You had your way from time the time
Women, you spoke your piece, now I'm going to speek mine
The words you would send, they were not true
I picked up a loosing battle like all fouls do
But now, I don't care no more
I don't care what you do, I don't care no more
I finally found out just what it was
The women wanted convenience, but I want love
Ain't but one drink that I did wrong
Take the bottle of life and not my own
But now, I don't care no more
I don't care what you do, I don't care no more
IN MY YOUNGER DAYS

In my younger days, I wished I knowed then like I know now

In my younger days, I wished I knowed then like I know now
I wouldn't be standing around here, begging for this little woman to let me in her house
Back in those days, I wished I'd knowed then like I know now
Back in those days, I wished I'd knowed then like I know now
The money I was throwing away, I could have saved it and bought my own house
(And I'd've had a home)
In my younger days, I wish I knowed then like I know now
Well, in my younger days, I wished I knowed then like I knowed now
I wouldn't be standing 'round, begging this woman to let me in her house
KEEP IT TO YOURSELF

Baby, do me a favor, keep our business to yourself

Please, darling, do me a favor, keep our business to yourself
I don't want you to tell nobody in your family,
And don't mention it to nobody else
Don't tell your mother
Don't tell your father

Don't tell your sister

Don't mention it to your brother
Please, darling, keep our business to yourself
Don't you tell nobody,
And don't mention it to nobody else
You have a husband,
I have a wife
If you start to talkin',
That's gonna mess up our life
Please, please baby, keep our business to yourself
Don't you tell nobody,
And don't mention it to nobody else
Goodbye darlin
LET YOUR CONSCIENCE BE YOUR GUIDE

Hold up your head, and don't let your conscience get you down
Hold up your head darlin', don't let your conscience get you down
If you never lie to me, I'll always be around
You are the same little woman, was so nice and kind to me in every way
You are the same little woman, was so nice and kind to me in every way
But if you never lie to me, I'll be by your side both night and day
You have a strong constitution, and I'm not gonna let you down
You have a strong constitution, and I'm not gonna let you down
And if you never lie to me darlin', I'll always be around and I won't let you down
Yeah man

LONESOME CABIN

In my one room little cabin, just me and my little girl alone

In my one room little cabin, just me and my little girl alone
It makes a man feel so good when she wrap way back in your arms
The little room is so small, I can't even put up no cookin' stove
The little room is so small, till I can't put up no cookin' stove
But you can tell from the weather, it's so cold, so cold outdoors
I could hear it rainin', and see the lightnin' flashin' on my window pane
Could hear it rainin', could hear it rainin',
And I could see the lightnin' flashin' on my window pane
But the little girl lay her head up in my chest and said "I love you, and I'm not ashamed
NINE BELOW ZERO

Yeah, ain't that a pity, people ain't that a cryin' shame

Ain't that a pity, I declare it's a cryin' shame
She wait till it got nine below zero, and put me down for another man
I give her all my money, all of my lovin' and everything
All of my money, all of my lovin' and everything
It done got nine below zero and she done put me down for another man
Nine below zero, the little girl she done put me down
Nine below zero, the little girl she done put me down
She know I don't have nowhere to stay, and I don't have not one dime
99

Darling you know exactly what happened, last year just about this time
Yes you know exactly what happened, last year just about this time
You asked me for one hundred dollars, and I didn't have but ninety nine
Yes I'm in love with the little girl, just because she's so nice and kind
I'm in love, I'm in love with the little girl, just because she's so nice and kind
I was so sorry when she asked me for one hundred dollars,
I couldn't give her but ninety nine
Yes my baby taken sick on July twenty-nine
Yes the one I love she taken sick on July twenty-nine
Her doctor billed her four hundred dollars,
And I didn't have but three hundred and ninety nine
NO NIGHT

I'm not going to spend another night by myself

Lord, I'm not going to spend any night by myself
If I don't find my baby, I'll have to carry somebody else
I set up all last night, haven't slept a wink today
All night last night, haven't slept a wink today
I couldn't find my baby, she's gone too far away
Hmm mmm mmm mmm :mmm mmm mmm mmm
Whoa whoa whoa, she must have left town
She left town
(She had to leave, left town)
ONE WAY OUT

Raise your window,

I ain't goin' out that door
Raise your window,
I ain't goin' out that door

'Cause the man out there might,

Be your man I don't know
If you raise your window,
I can ease out soft and low
If you raise your window,
I can ease out soft and low
Your neighbors gonna be talkin',
That stuff me don't know
Ain't but one way out,
I ain't goin' out that door
Ain't but one way out,
I ain't goin' out that door
If I get away this time,
I won't be caught no more
Ain't but one way out,
I ain't goin' out that door
Ain't but one way out,
I ain't goin' out that door
If I get away this time,
I won't be caught no more
SANTA CLAUS
My baby went shoppin' yesterday,
Said "I'm gonna buy what you need for Santa Claus"
My baby went shoppin' yesterday,
Said "I'm gonna buy what you need for Santa Claus,
I'm gonna take mine with me,
But I'll leave yours in my dresser drawer"
So that started me to ramblin',
Lookin' in all of my baby's dresser drawers
Whoa, that started me to ramblin',
Lookin' all in my baby's dresser drawers
Tryin' to find out,
What did she bought me for Santa Claus
When I pulled out the bottom dresser drawer,
The landlady got mad and called the law
When I pulled out the bottom dresser drawer,
The landlady got mad and called the law
I was just tryin' to find,
What did she bought me for Santa Claus

The police walked in and tapped me on the shoulder,

"What you doing with your hand in that woman's dresser drawer?"
I hand the police a letter my baby wrote me,
Showin' where I should find my Santa Claus
I just kept on pullin' out all of my baby's dresser drawers
I walked out and left the police and the landlady arguin',
Said, "Look at the man done pull out all the lady's dresser drawers"
Yes, I walked out and left the police and the landlady arguin',
Said, "Look at the man done pull out all the lady's dresser drawers"
But he said, "I got the letter and show the judge
The boy just tryin to find his Santa Claus"
Oh yeah
SO SAD TO BE LONESOME

It's so sad to be lonesome, too much inconvenient to be alone

You know it's so sad to be lonesome, but it's too much inconvenient to be alone
You know it makes a man feel so good when his baby's lying down in his arms
I received a letter from my baby, I received a telegram
I received a letter from my baby, and I received a telegram
Then the little girl called me long distance, she wants to know just where I am
When you miss your baby, you look around can't see nothing but just your shade on the ground
So sad to be lonesome, I know it's too much inconvenient to be alone
But I declare you feel good when your baby come back home
Met the Greyhound bus, met the train
She wasn't on either one, I want to know what was to blame
So sad to be lonesome, too much inconvenient to be alone
But it make you feel so good when your baby come back home
KEEP YOUR HAND OUT

Take your hand out of my pocket, I ain't got nothing belong to you
Take your hand out of my pocket, I ain't got nothing belong to you
Little girl if you don't stop ravish me, I will have to put the police on you
I heard about your reputation, no sooner I dropped in your town
I heard about your reputation, the minute I dropped in your town
You know I caught your hand in my pocket above the elbow, and the police got to take you down
TEMPERATURE 110

Nine below zero on the outside,

But I brought my baby's temperature to a hundred and ten
Nine below zero out on the outside,

And I brought my baby's temperature to a hundred and ten

Ever since the little girl put me down for another man
I give 'r all of my money, my lovin' and everything
All of my money, all my lovin' and everything
I brought my baby's temperature up to a hundred and ten,
And she done put me down for another man
Temperature nine below zero on the outside,
I brought my baby's temperature up to a hundred and ten, oh yes I did
Nine below zero,
And I brought my baby's temperature up to a hundred and ten, oh yeah
Ever since then she done put me down for another man
THE GOAT

There was an animal called a goat, he butted his way out of the Supreme Court
Said, "Let him go"
Yeah, said, "Let him go, because he butt so hard till you can't use him in our court no more"
Judge give him five hours to get out of town, he got five miles down the road and committed
another crime
That's when the high sheriff happened to be coming along, and caught the billy goat eating up an
old farmer's corn
High sheriff taken the billy goat to the county jail, but the desk sergeant cant said that "I'll go his
bail, let him go"
A medicine doctor bought the billy goat, had a great big stage show
The billy goat got mad and butt him right down in the lonesome floor
So let him go, please, please, let him go, because he butt so hard till I can't use him in our court
no more
THE KEY

t's just one thing baby I'm asking you to do

It's just one little thing baby I'm asking you to do
Please give me back your key to your door
I called the little girl about a quarter after nine
I called the little girl one morning about a quarter after nine
The landlady say "I'm sorry, she's not in at the present time"
I called my baby back about fifteen after four
I called my baby back fifteen after four
I said darling, would you please give me back the key to your door?
THIS OLD LIFE

This old life, I just can't stand to live it no more

This old life, I just can't stand to live it no more
Baby, you got to help me get myself straightened up right now, if you don't lam gon' have to go
I'm asking you, baby, please help me just once more
Asking you, baby; I'm asking you please help me once more
Because I'm gonna get myself straightened all out right now, so I won't go wrong no more
Help me, baby, help me, darling, just once more
If you help me get myself straightened out this time, I won't go wrong no more
I done you wrong and I'm asking you to forgive
Darling, I done you wrong, and I'm asking you to forgive
If you just help me get myself straightened out this time, darling, I know just how you feel
Please help me, darling
WORK WITH ME

Yes work with me, baby, and I'll work with you
Work with me, mama, and I will work with you
I'll try to make it so pleasant, darlin', 'till you don't know what to do!
Ah, let me work wit' you, and I'll learn you how to work with me
Let me work wit' you, and I'll learn you how to work with me
Little girl I'll make you so happy, be as happy as a child can be!
Oh, I like to work with you, baby, I can work all night long
I like to work with you, baby, I can work all night long
If you work with me me little girl, you know, you can't go wrong!
Mama I never gets tired of workin', I trained up workin' from a kid
Never gets tired of workin', I brought up workin' from a kid
Anytime I put up a good job for you, don't try to keep it hid!
Or tell your girlfriends 'bout the work I did!
YOUR FUNERAL AND MY TRIAL

Please come home to your daddy, and explain yourself to me

Because I and you are man and wife, tryin' to start a family
I'm beggin' you baby, cut out that off the wall jive
If you can't treat me no better, it gotta be your funeral and my trial
When I and you first got together, 't was on one Friday night
We spent two lovely hours together, and the world knows alright
I'm just beggin' you baby, please cut out that off the wall jive
You know you gotta treat me better, if you don't it gotta be your funeral and my trial
Alright

The good Lord made the world and everything was in it

The way my baby love is some solid sentiment
She can love to heal the sick and she can love to raise the dead
You think I'm jokin' but you better believe what I say
I'm beggin' you baby, cut out that off the wall jive
Yeah, you gotta treat me better, or it gotta be your funeral and my tria