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Joe Offer Origins: C.C. Rider, Easy Rider, See See Rider (25) ADD Version: See See Rider (Mississippi John Hurt) 24 Oct 14


I guess I have to disagree with RtS on the Mississippi John Hurt version, too. Not really disagree we're listening to different versions. This is what I hear on the Library of Congress recording:

SEE SEE RIDER
(version by Mississippi John Hurt)

See, see, rider, you see what you done done?
You done made me love you, now your man done come
You made me love you, now your man done come
You made me love you, and now your man done come

Ain't no more potatoes, the frost have killed the vine
Well, the blues ain't nothin' but a good woman on your mind
The blues ain't nothin' but a good woman on your mind
The blues ain't nothin' but a good woman on your mind

If I had-a listened to my second mind,
Lord, I wouldn't -a been standin' here and wringin' my hands and cryin'
I wouldn't been standin' here, wringin' my hands and cryin
' I wouldn't been standin' here, wringin' my hands and cryin'

[not in this version:
I've told you, baby and your mama told you, too
"You're three times seven, you know what you wanna do,
Three times seven, you know what you wanna do,
You're three times seven, you know what you wanna do"]

See, see, rider, you see what you done done?
You done made me love you, now your man done come
You made me love you, now your man done come
You made me love you, and now your man done come


In this version, Hurt doesn't leave out as many words. In the live versions, he substitutes guitar work for some lines.


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