This is the transcript from the Revenant album No. 212 "Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues: The Worlds of Charlie Patton" Chorus: I'm running wild, that mighty boy (girl) That mighty boy (girl), (s)he's running wild He's on my knee, oh, how I grieve That mighty boy, he's running wild He's all night long, she's on my mind That girl of mine, that girl of mine, she's on my (his) mind All night long, my baby gone He's on my mind, that boy of mine He's all I need, it seems to me That mighty girl, mighty girl, she's running wild All night long, Cordelia gone That mighty boy, he's running wild It seems to be, you talkin' to me That mighty girl, she's running wild. There is also the following note: "This is a reduction of the 1923 James P. Johnson-Cecil Mack Broadway hit 'Runnin' Wild, set to a tune that reminds us of the 1921 Prohibition anthem 'How Dry I Am'." The transcript in John Fahey's book "Charlie Patton" has some word differences. (In fact, quite a few differences!)
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