MICHIGAN WATER BLUES
As recorded by Sara Martin on "Sara Martin: In Chronological Order, Vol. 1. (1922-1923)" (Document Records, DOCD-5395)

Michigan water taste like sherry wine—I said, sherry—I mean, wine.
Oh, Michigan water taste like sherry wine.
I'm going back to Michigan to the one I left behind.

I believe to my soul that man's got a black-cat—I said, black-cat—I mean, bone.
I believe to my soul my man's got a black-cat bone.
Ev'ry time I leave, I've got to come back home.

There's two kinds of people in this world that I can't—I mean, that I can't stand.
Oh, two kinds of people in this world that I can't stand.
That's a two-faced woman and a monkey man.

I've ate so much of rabbit till I hop just like a kangaroo—I said, kanga—I mean, roo.
Oh, I've ate so much of rabbit till I hop just like a kangaroo.
Daddy, if you ain't got no hopper, let me hop for you.

I got a letter from my daddy full of good news.
Oh, a letter from my daddy full of good news.
It said: "Come back to Michigan and it would(?) cure my blues,
My Michigan blues."