Hesitation Blues

O.E. Stark forwarded this to Hubert Canfield from Kansas City, Kansas,
on January 23, 1936, calling it "Chicago Blues." His covering letter
states: "I first heard it in 1916. while living in El Paso, among the
honky-tonks of Juarez."

[A]

Fire on the mountain, snake in the grass.
I'm mighty rooty for a piece of ass.

Chorus:

Oh, tell me how long must I wait?
Can I get you now, or must I hesitate?

Whiskey by the bottle, coffee by the pounds
Can't lay up a nickle for whoring around.

Ashes to ashes, and dust to dust.
If women don't get you, liquor must.

Honey for breakfast, and honey for tea.
But honey in bed is what appeals to me.

Belly to belly, and skin to skin.
Two things a-rubbin' and one goin' in.

Ridin' in the saddle, givin' her the gourde
Diggin' in the short rows, Ah, my Lord.

A variant of the first verse and chorus runs:

Fire in the mountain, water in the pail,
I'm mighty rooty for a piece of tail.

Chorus:

Oh, tell me, how long have I got to wait?
Can I have you now, or must I hesitate?

From Ed Cray's unpublished The Erotic Muse, 3rd Ed.


See here: https://archive.org/details/ed-cray-collection-aka-erotic-muses-iii/page/n95/mode/2up?q=hesitation