Papa Charlie Jackson — Salty Dog Blues Take 2

[Chorus] Won't you let me be your salty dog Don't want to be your man at all You salty dog, you salty dog Oh honey babe, let me be your salty dog You salty dog, mama, you salty dog [Verse 1] Says it ain't but the one thing grieve my mind All these women and none is mine You salty dog, you salty dog [Chorus] Why don't you let me be your salty dog Don't want to be your man at all You salty dog, mama, you salty dog [Verse 2] Said a little fish, big fish swimmin' in the water Come on back here, man, and give me my quarter You salty dog, you salty dog [Chorus] Why don't you let me be your salty dog Don't want to be your man at all You salty dog, mama, you salty dog [Verse 3] Just like huntin' for the needle in the bed of sand Tryin' to find a woman haven't got no man Salty dog, you salty dog [Verse 4] Three barrels of your whisky, four barrels of gin Said the headknocker's home and you can't come in You salty dog, mama, you salty dog [Chorus] Why don't you let me be your salty dog Don't want to be your man at all You salty dog, you salty dog Oh honey babe, let me be your salty dog You salty dog, mama you salty dog [Verse 5] Says God made a woman and He made her mighty funny Lips around her mouth just sweeter than the honey You salty dog, you salty dog [Chorus] Why don't you let me be your salty dog Don't want to be your man at all You salty dog, mama, you salty dog [Verse 6] Now who in the ham in the confound nation Turned them taters on my plantation? You salty dog, you salty dog [Chorus] Why don't you let me be your salty dog Don't want to be your man at all You salty dog, mama, you salty dog [Verse 7] Now the scaredest I ever been in my life Uncle Bud like to caught me kissin' his wife You salty dog, you salty dog [Verse 8] Now if this was a coffee pot and that was the spout I'll be the waitin' boy to pour the coffee out You salty dog, mama, you salty dog