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Posted By: Jim Dixon
02-Feb-10 - 07:32 PM
Thread Name: Chord Req: Jimmie's Mean Mama Blues (J Rodgers)
Subject: Lyr Add: JIMMIE'S MEAN MAMA BLUES (Jimmie Rodgers)
Here's how I hear the lyrics. The attribution is from the LP Discography web site:
JIMMIE'S MEAN MAMA BLUES
(Jimmie Rodgers, Waldo LaFayette O'Neal, Bob Sawyer)
1. For weary weeks I've waited, and hoping for the best,
But blues will make me ramble, and the rails are leading west.
I'm feeling awful lonesome. Pleasure I can't find.
I'm leaving you, mean mama, just to worry you off o' my mind. YODEL
2. That old gang kindly whispers, "Just fall in line and smile."
Mean mama haunts me and I crave the piece of miles.
I don't know where I'm going. I'm feeling kind o' queer.
I've been from sev'ral places, and I'm going to be from here.
3. Seems there's something missing. There's feelings in my breast.
I crave to cover distance, so mean mama, give me rest.
I hear the rails a-singing. The sky is clear and blue.
I'm going to leave you, mama, when the train comes rolling through.
4. No money in my pocket, I'm loafing around so flat,
And soon I'll be strolling down that railroad track.
And when I'm miles away, riding all the while,
I'll think of you, mean mama. I'll think of you and smile. YODEL