Charley Patton — Jim Lee Blues - Part I

[Verse 1] Went away up the river some forty mile or more I think I heard that big Jim Lee he blowed [Verse 2] She blow so lonesome,like she wasn't gonna blow no more It blowed just like my baby gettin' on board [Verse 3] I'm a poor old boy an' a long way from home And you causin' me to leave my plumb good home [Verse 4] My Mama she is dead' and my father well could be I ain't got nobody to feel and care for me [Verse 5] If you don't want me just give me your hand And I'll get a woman quick as you can a man [Verse 6] I've got a kid on the wheeler and a brown down in town Got a plumb good man bringing down these gals of mine [Verse 7] I laid my head in a steamer woman's arms And she laid her nappy head in mine [Verse 8] When I got arrested what do you reckon was my fine? Says they give all coons eleven twenty-nine [Verse 9] It was moonshine, don't pay me no mind 'Cause I did not let no coons have mine [Verse 10] Well the big Jim Lee keep a-backing up and down Keep standin' by the shore, man, if you're water bound