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12-stringer Lyr Req: Bus Rider Blues (Blind Boy Fuller) (4) Lyr Add: BUS RIDER BLUES (Blind Boy Fuller) 10 Aug 08


From an mp3 of the Fuller record, Okeh 05933, recorded 19 June 1940 at his last session (supported by Oh Red on washboard and Sonny Terry on harp):

Gwine to catch that old Greyhound, gwine to catch that old Greyhound, Gwine to ride from town, gwine ride from town to town
And I'm gonna find my little woman, don't think she can't be, don't think she can't be found.

Mr redcap porter, Mr redcap porter,
Won't you help me with my heavy, won't you help me with my heavy load
Now my woman she's done quit me, she's further on down the, she's further on down the road.

And I know my little woman, I know my little woman,
She's bound to love, she's bound to love me some
When she throws her arms around poor me, like a circle round the, like a circle round the sun.

It's the day before Christmas, the day before Christmas,
Let me bring your presents, let me bring your presents tonight
And I will be your Santy Claus, even if my whiskers, even if my whiskers ain't white.

See also "Flying Airplane Blues," Vocalion 04557, recorded 29 October 1938 with the same personnel, for an earlier version of the same arrangement though different lyrics. Fuller was a great recycler.


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