KOKOMO BLUES

(Mississippi Fred McDowell)

1) Kokomo me baby,
Kokomo me right
Kokomo your daddy
I'll be back tomorrow night
Crying "Baby don't you want to go
Down that eleven-night* city
Sweet old Kokomo"

2)Kokomo me baby
Kokomo me twice
Kokomo your daddy
Like you did the other night
Cryin' "Baby don't you want to go
Down to eleven-night* city Sweet old Kokomo"

3)Well I'll never love you
Hope you never will
'Cause lovin' always gets somebody killed
Cryin' Baby don't you want to go
Down to that eleven-night* city
Good old Kokomo

* I've listened to two different versions by Fred and can't make out the word before City in each verse. It sounds like eleven night. Perhaps any 'Catters more familiar with his Tennessee accent can enlighten us.
Bonnie Raitt was a fan and may have got her version from him, though she's usually linked with John Lee Hooker.
RtS