I have recently obtained a copy of David Evans' long-out-of-print seminal work on Tommy Johnson. This enables me to fill in a couple more gaps in this complete Tommy Johnson lyrics thread. First, here is 'Slidin' Delta':SLIDIN' DELTA
Delta Slide done been here and gone
Well, the Delta Slide, babe, it's done been here and gone
When you hear the Delta, baby, it's don't you want to ride?
Baby, Sliding Delta, don't you want to ride?
If you don't get to ride it, baby, gonna sure, Lord, lose my mind
Crying, Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord
Lord, I wonder, what is I'm gon' do
Lord, I can't do nothing but hang my head and cry
Baby, when I leave, I ain't coming here no more
When I leave here, coming here no more
Lord, I'm going away to worry you off my mind
Crying, Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord
Lord, I wonder, wonder to myself
Crying, you know that I wonder, that I wonder to myself
Source: transcription in David Evans 'Tommy Johnson' Studio Vista 1971, p63. Original recording, Tommy Johnson 'Slidin' Delta', issued on Paramount 12975, master L-229-2.
Note: the Sliding Delta was a train that ran across the Delta and inspired several blues singers such as Johnson, Mississippi John Hurt and J.D. Short.
--Stewie.