You can count on Lightnin' Hopkins to put his own spin on somebody else's song.


FAN IT
As recorded by Lightnin' Hopkins.

You got to fan it. You got to fan it.
You got to fan it. You got to fan it.
You got to fan it to keep it cool till your baby come home.

Reason I said, you say you ain't doin' nothin' wrong.
Why don't you fan it, keep it cool till I get home.
You got to fan it. You got to fan it.
You got to fan it till your baby get home.

[Spoken:] Yes, you got to fan it.

If you don't fan it, you must be doin' somethin' wrong.
You got to fan it.

You know the old hen cackled and the rooster laid the egg.
They couldn't tell the difference when they both was in the shade.
You got to fan it. You got to fan it.
You got to fan it—yeah.

[Spoken:] Whoo! I ain't jiving.

Woke up this mornin' 'bout the break o' day,
Found a egg in that bed where I used to lay.
She had to fan it. She had to fan it.
She had to keep it cool till I come home.

[Spoken:] Sho' 'nuff – just fan it.

Yes, and keep it cool.

Mama looked out the door, said, "Where's papa goin'?"
She say, "You know, he done me a little bit wrong."
I say, "Why, mama?" She got to fan it. I got to fan it.
I got to fan it and keep it cool till John Henry come home.