From the Jug Band Rag September 1999

NEWPORT NEWS - BLUES
Memphis Jug Band
Will Shade, g/v; Ben Ramey, k/poss. sp; Will Weldon, g/poss. sp; Charlie Polk, j.
Memphis, Tenn. 24 February 1927
37944-1 Vi unissued

suggested tablature:
C // F C // G C

I'm goin' to Newport News, mama, gonna catch a battleship across the doggone sea. (What you goin' over there for, boy?)

I'm goin' to Newport News, mama, gonna catch a battleship across the doggone sea. (What you gonna do?)

For, lord, the woman that I'm lovin', great god, partner, do not care for me. (What kind of woman is that?)

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And she's got a man.on her man, done got a kid man on her she can't kid.

She's got a man on her man, done got a kid man on her she can't kid. (Have mercy, have mercy.)

Kid man has got so buggish, great god, partner, just can't keep it hid. (What are you gonna do with him?)

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Ah, don't you wish your easy roller, partner was little and cute like mine? (I sure do, boy.)

Ah, don't you wish your easy roller, partner was little and cute like mine?

For every time she walks, lord, she sure brings that jack to town. (I sure wanna see her.)