LHG. The song you're after is James Alley Blues recorded by Richard "Rabbit" Brown in New Orleans in 1927. It doesn't seem to have been re-released all that often but it was a mainstay of the Smithsonian Folkways Anthology of American Folkmusic. Also, it's on Times Ain't Like They Used to Be-Vol 2. Yazoo 2029.

let me know if you have trouble tracing the words and I'll look them out for you.