The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #73372   Message #2712128
Posted By: Azizi
30-Aug-09 - 10:31 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Java Jive (and other coffee & tea songs)
Subject: Lyr Add: COFFEE BLUES (Sam Lightnin' Hopkins)
Here's another song called "Coffee Blues". I heard it on the radio years ago and put it on a casette tape (remember those?) I didn't know the song's title and referred to it as "Mama got mad at Papa" I used the Google search engine to find these lyrics by entering that "title" and another repeated line "he didn't bring coffee home".


COFFEE BLUES
Sam Lightnin' Hopkins


Mama got mad at papa 'cause he didn't bring no coffee home
Mama got mad at papa 'cause he didn't bring no coffee home
She begin to wonder what is going on wrong

Papa said, "Mama, I ain't mad with you, now, don't you get mad with me
Baby, I ain't mad with you, now, don't you get mad with me, whoa"

Papa must have been teasing mama 'cause she said, "I ain't mad with you"
Papa must have been teasing mama 'cause she said, "I ain't mad with you"
She said, "Everything's all right, don't make no difference what you do"

You know papa got good with mama somehow

And I was crying for bread, and yes, I, baby,
I was crying for bread, and these are the words I said
Now look at mama, just trying to shout

It was early one evening but papa came home late at night
It was early one evening but papa came home late at night
That's when mama was mad and her and papa began to fight

http://www.notdarkyet.org/tt-coffee.html