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Thread #3090   Message #17032
Posted By: Jon W.
03-Dec-97 - 11:54 AM
Thread Name: Greatest Blues Songs
Subject: Lyr Add: WALKING MY TROUBLES AWAY^^
Blind Boy Fuller has had little mention. He was an excellent guitarist, an early protege of Rev. Gary Davis and a strong influence on Brownie McGhee, I believe Brownie was even known as "Blind Boy #2" early on. Here's one of his songs:

WALKING MY TROUBLES AWAY
Blind Boy Fuller (1936)

Paper boy hollerin' Extra, have you read the news?
Shot the brown I love, I've got them walking blues,

Chorus:
I keep on walking, tryin' to walk my troubles away
I'm so glad trouble don't last always.

You used to be my sweet milk, you soured on me
We won't be together like we used to be.
(chorus)

I got the bad luck blues, my bad luck time done come,
You say bad luck followin' everybody, seem like I'm the only one.
(chorus)

(Spoken: play that thing now, boy)

I got coffee grinds in my coffee, boll weevil in my meal,
Tacks in my shoes keep sticking in my heel,
And I keep on walking, tryin' to walk my trouble away
I'm so glad trouble don't last always.