This song was commissioned by our own MAG in exchange for some support flow to the Mudcat, as promised on a couple of threads. It is a slow, rolling barrel-house blues reminiscent of Bessie Smith's "Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer", or her "Ain't Done Runnin' Around" blues. Dedicated to Mary Ann, and to women everywhere who wish men could be just a little different...

Affectionately,

Amos

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Mary Ann's Walla Walla Woman Blues

Words and music by Amos Jessup, dedicated to Mary Ann

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 You know, flakie cats just want to stone you
 B7~~~~~~~~
 And big cowboys they just want to own you
 A~~~~~~~~~~~~A7
 For a reg'lar jelly roll
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 And the losers want you to roll them
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 And beg you to control them
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 And grind 'em til they find they souls , oh,
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 I 'm not about  to start contraction
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 From  a masculine reaction
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 Cuz I'm a real woman right down to my shoes,
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 But I'm getting those
 E7~~~~~~~~~~~~C#7
 Walla Walla's wasting
 F#7~~~~~~~B7~~B7aug(?) E
 A Walla Walla Woman blues

 Big bikers want to play you
 And maybe want to flay you
 Hey, wouldn't you rather burn a bra?
 Then the SNAGS want easy living
 Got no-o-o sense of rhythm
 And  can't figure out just who they really are
 Mister big iron pumper
 Got a motion, like a bumper
 AIn't got enough  plain soul to shine my shoes

 But I'm gettin those
 Walla Walla's wastin'
 A Walla Walla Women blues.
 

      Bridge:
      ~~~~~~G#7~~~~~~~~~~C#m
      I like to do that hootchie kootchie thing
    ~~~~~~G#7~~~~~~~~~~C#m
      But no-one here to kootchie  me
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      I like to run a nice strong coffee grinder
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      And the men around here drink tea, cold tea, oh

 I got three hot kitties
 Begging, pretty pretty,
 Just to go out on the town at night
 Jes' see how they carry on
 Hear them whine an' moan
 They don' believe its right
 Sometimes I turn a my back
 And they slip through a crack
 And those pussies down town
 Get more than I do

 Leaves me them
 Walla Walla's wastin'
 A Walla Walla Women blues.
 
 

      Bridge:
     ~~~~~~G#7~~~~~~~~~~C#m
      I'm not not excessively demanding
      ~~~~~~G#7~~~~~~~~~~C#m
      That's no way for a good woman to be
      ~~~~~~F#~~~~~~~~~F#7
      All I want is some plain understanding
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      And some con-geni-ality, Oh,
 

 I don't want a man on booze
 They always seem to lose
 Except for that one out Chicago way
 Cuz I can still recall
 He would play that Cannonball
 And that was what he did to steal
 My heart away
 I'm gonna move it, yes move it
 Til someone finds that groove,
 Go out in whitebread city and cruise
 Gonna shake them Walla Walla....
 Wasting a Walla Walla....
 A Walla Walla Woman Blues....oh, yes.