The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #42248   Message #612818
Posted By: Jim Dixon
18-Dec-01 - 10:46 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Tampa Red, Bluebird Recordings 1934-
Subject: Lyr Add: YOU MISSED A GOOD MAN^^
YOU MISSED A GOOD MAN
(Hudson Whittaker (Tampa Red))

I am not much to look at and I don't pretend to be,
But remember what I told you, for someday you're going to see:
You missed a good man when you picked all over me.
You missed a good man when you picked all over me.
I'm low and squatty and built for speed,
And I got everything a real good papa need.
You missed a good man when you picked all over me.

Yes, you missed a good man when you picked all over me.
You missed a good man when you picked all over me.
I'm built like a tadpole, shaped just like a frog.
When I start to loving you, you will holler, "Hot dog!"
You missed a good man when you picked all over me.

You missed a good man when you picked all over me.
You missed a good man when you picked all over me.
I may be old or young in years,
But I can climb your hill without shifting my gears.
You missed a good man when you picked all over me.

[As recorded by Tampa Red, 1935. Also recorded by Robert Nighthawk. JTD]