I'LL KILL YOUR SOUL (AND DARE YOUR SPIRIT TO MOVE)
(Hudson Whittaker (Tampa Red))

I'll kill your soul and dare your spirit to move.
I'll kill your soul and dare your spirit to move.
You'd better pipe down, mama, and try to keep cool.
I'm dog-gone tired of your ones and twos.
I'll kill your soul and dare your spirit to move.

I'll kill your soul and dare your spirit to move.
I'll kill your soul and dare your spirit to move.
You've been staying out, mama, ever' night and ever' day,
And I know you been giving ever'thing away,
You dog, and I dare your spirit to move.

Yes, I'll kill your soul and I'll dare your spirit to move.
I'll kill your soul and dare your spirit to move.
If I catch you again where I caught you at last,
Off goes your head and I'll smother your YES!
Kill your soul, dare your spirit to move.

I'll kill your soul and dare your spirit to move, you know.
I'll kill your soul and dare your spirit to move.
I got a thirty-two-twenty on a forty-four frame,
And sure can't miss you when I've got dead aim.
You dog, and I dare your spirit to move.

[As recorded by Tampa Red, 1934. JTD]