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Thread #14309   Message #122007
Posted By: Ruslan
08-Oct-99 - 07:20 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: songs by Tommy Johnson
Subject: Complete Tommy Johnson's lyr
Please help me to complete my TJ's lyrics collection.

If you can, please check "Maggie Campbell" lyr for the ________ line that I couldn't be able to put down.

Missing lyr labeled by * character before song name.

Thank you, Jon W.!

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TOMMY JOHNSON

3 Feb 1928
41836-2 Cool drink of water blues
41837-2 Big road blues

4 Feb 1928
41838-1 Bye-bye blues
41839-2 Maggie Campbell blues

31 Aug 1928
45462-2 Canned heat blues
45463-1 Lonesome home blues
45463-2 Lonesome home blues
45465-1 Big fat mama blues

c. Dec 1929
* L-228-1 I wonder to myself
* L-229-2 Slidin' delta
L-230-2 Lonesome home blues
* L-231-1 Morning prayer
* L-231-2 Bogalusa woman
* L-245-1 Black mare blues
* L-245-2 Black mare blues
* L-249-1 Ridin' horse
* L-250-2 Alcohol and jake blues

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3 Feb 1928
41836-2 COOL DRINK OF WATER BLUES

I asked for water, and she gave me gasoline,
I asked for water, gave me gasoline,
I asked for water, and she gave me gasoline, Lord, Lordy, Lord

Crying, Lord, I wonder will I ever get back home
Crying, Lord, I wonder will I ever get back home, Lord, Lordy, Lord

I went to the depot, looked up on the board
I looked all over, how long has this eastbound train been gone?

It's done taken your fairo, blowed its smoke on you
It's done taken your fairo, blowed its smoke on you, Lord, Lordy, Lord

Lord, I asked the conductor, - could I ride the blinds?
Spoken: -Want to know, can a broke man ride the blinds
- Son, buy your ticket, buy your ticket, 'cause this train ain't none of mine
- Son, buy your ticket; train ain't none of mine

- Son, buy your ticket, 'cause this train ain't none of mine, Lord, Lordy, Lord
Train ain't none of mine

41837-2 BIG ROAD BLUES

Cryin', ain't goin' down this big road by myself.
Now don't you hear me talkin', pretty mama, Lord?
Ain't goin' down this big road by myself.
If I don't carry you, goin' carry somebody else.

Cryin', sun goin' shine in my back door someday.
Now don't you hear me talkin', pretty mama, Lord?
Sun goin' shine in my back door someday.
And if rain goin' change, goin' blow my blues away.

Baby, what makes do me like you do, do, do,
Like you do, do, do, don't you hear me now?
What makes do me like you do, do, do?
Now, you ain't going' do me, like you done poor Jerry Red.

Take this poor boy's money now, sure, Lord, won't take mine.
Now don't you hear me talkin', pretty mama.
Take this poor boy' money, sure, Lord, won't take mine.
Take this poor boy' money now, sure, Lord, won't take mine.

Repeat first verse.

Repeat second verse.

4 Feb 1928
41838-1 BYE-BYE BLUES

Cryin' bye an' bye, baby bye an' bye
It's bye an' bye, baby won't you bye an' bye
Cryin' bye an' bye, baby won't you bye an' bye

Says the good book tell you, reap just what you sow
The good book tell you, baby, reap just what you sow
Gonna reap it now or, baby, reap it bye an' bye

Well I'm going away, Lord, won't be back till fall
I'm going away, Lord, won't be back till fall
If I meet my good gal, then baby, won't be back at all

Says the good book tell you, reap just what you sow
The good book tell you, baby, reap just what you sow
Gonna reap it now or, baby, reap it bye an' bye

Well it's two trains running, running side by side
It's two trains running, and baby, running side by side
You've got my woman, babe I know you're satisfied

41839-2 MAGGIE CAMPBELL BLUES

Cryin', who's that yonder
Comin’ down the road
Comin’ down the road
Who's that yonder
Comin’ down the road
Said, she looks like Maggie, baby
But she walk too slow

A-a-a, sun gonna shine
My back door someday
My back door someday
M-m-m, sun gonna shine
My back door someday
And wind gonna change, now
Blow my blues away

A-a-a, see see rider
See what you done done
See what you done done
M-m-m, see see rider
See what you done done
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Tryin to put me down

I I I'm goin' away, lord
Won’t be back till fall
Won’t be back till fall
I I I'm goin' away, lord
Won’t be back till fall
If I meet my good gal, mama,
Won’t be back at all.

Repeat first verse.

Repeat 4-th verse.

31 Aug 1928
45462-2 CANNED HEAT BLUES

Cryin' Canned Heat, Canned Heat, mama
Cryin' sure, Lord, killin' me
Cryin' Canned Heat, mama, sure, Lord, killin' me
Takes alcorub to take those Canned Heat blues

Cryin' mama, mama, mama, you know, Canned Heat killin' me
Cryin' mama, mama, mama, cryin' Canned Heat is killin' me
Canned Heat don't kill me, cryin' babe, I'll never die

I woke up, up this morning, with Canned Heat on my mind
Woke up this morning, Canned Heat was on my mind
Woke up this morning, with Canned Heat, Lord, on my mind

Cryin', Lord, Lord I wonder, Canned Heat, Lord, killing me
Takes alcorub, baby, satisfy my soul
Take a brownskin woman, Lord, do the easy roll

I woke up, up this morning, cryin', canned heat 'round my bed
Run here, somebody, take these Canned Heat blues
Run here, somebody, and take these Canned Heat blues

Cryin' mama, mama, mama, cryin' Canned Heat killin' me
Believe to my soul, Lord, it gon' kill me dead

45463-1 LONESOME HOME BLUES

Want you to wash my jumper, starch my overhaul
I'm gonna find my woman, said she's in the world somewhere.

Well, it's good for you, mama, sure, lord, killin' me.
Well, it's good for you, mama, sure, lord, killin' poor me.
Well, it's good for you, mama, says it's sure, lord, killin' me.

I wonder do my rider think of me.
I wonder do my rider think of poor me.
And if she did she would sure, lord, feel my care.

I woke up this mornin', said my mornin' prayer.
I woke up this mornin', I said my mornin' prayer.
I woke up this mornin', babe, I said my mornin' prayer.

I ain't got no woman, speak on my behalf.
I ain't got no woman, lord, speak in my behalf.
I ain't got no woman to speak in my behalf.

Want you to wash my jumper, starch my overhaul.
Want you wash my jumper, starch my overhaul.
I'm gonna find my woman, said she's in the world somewhere.

She don't allow me to holler, got to murmur low.

45463-2 LONESOME HOME BLUES

Want you to wash my jumper and starch my overhaul.
Gonna find my woman, says she's in this world somewhere.

I wonder do my good girl think of me.
I wonder do my good girl think of poor me.
Cryin', if she did she would sure, lord, feel my care.

But it's good of you mama, sure, lord, killin' me.
Well, it's good of you mama, but sure, lord, killin' poor me.
It's good of you mama, but it sure, lord, killin' me.

I woke up this mornin', said my mornin' prayer.
I woke up this mornin', lord, said my mornin' prayer.
I ain't got no woman to speak in my behalf.

Cryin', good of you, sure, lord, killin' me.
Well, it's good of you mama, but sure, lord, killin' poor me.
It's good of you mama, says it sure, lord, killin' me.

Now, wash my jumper, starch my overhaul.
Want you to wash my jumper and starch my overhaul.
Gonna find my woman, said she's in the world somewhere.

Want you to wash my jumper, starch my overhaul.

45465-1 BIG FAT MAMA BLUES

Crying, big fat mama, meat shaking on her bones
Time the meat shake, it's a skinny woman lose a home

Well, I'm going away, mama, won't be back till fall,
Won't be back till fall, mmmmm
Going away, mama, won't be back till fall,
Big fat mama with the meat shake on her bones

Well, aaah, mmmm, got to murmur, got to murmur low, mmmmm
No need to holler; I got to murmur low
Big fat mama, Lord, meat shake on her bones

Every time the meat shake, fat mouth lose a home,
Fat mouth lose a home, mmmmmm
Time the meat shakes, it's a fat mouth lose a home,
Time the meat shakes, it's a fat mouth lose a home

Mmmmm, what's the matter rider? Where did you stay last,
Where did you stay last night, mmmmm?
What's the matter rider? Where did you stay last night?
Hair all down, baby, and you won't treat me right

c. Dec 1929
L-228-1 I wonder to myself
L-229-2 Slidin' delta
L-230-2 LONESOME HOME BLUES

Lonesome place don't seem like home to me
This ol' lonesome place don't, mama, seem like home to me.

I woke this mornin', blues all 'round my bed
Uhmm, woke this mornin', blues all 'round my bed.
Had them blues so bad, mama, 'til I couldn't raise up my head.

If you wanna live easy, pack you clothes with mine.
Umm, wanna live easy, pack your clothes with mine,
If you wanna live easy, pack you clothes with mine.

Soon one mornin', blues come fallin' down.
Umm, soon one mornin', blues come fallin' down.
Say they felt so heavy, it caused my heart to moan.

Well I'm goin' back home, gonna fall down on my knee,
Umm, goin' back home, gonna fall down on my knee,
Tell the one I'm lovin', baby, sad I treat you mean.

L-231-1 Morning prayer
L-231-2 Bogalusa woman
L-245-1 Black mare blues
L-245-2 Black mare blues
L-249-1 Ridin' horse
L-250-2 Alcohol and jake blues

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