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Thread #155423 Message #3655582
Posted By: GUEST,#
31-Aug-14 - 01:13 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Charley Patton: Running Wild Blues
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Charley Patton: Running Wild Blues

Google

mighty boy, he's running wild, running wild,

just as is. That should lead to The Devil's Music: A History of the Blues. On p 56 of that book are three stanzas of the song and one person's explanation of why the words seem mixed up.

I can't cut and paste from Google books or else I'da posted the words.