Son House — Death Letter Blues Alternative Take

[Producer] We'd like absolute quiet in the room too please, ok? 79148, Death Letter, Take 2 [Son] I had a job on the Levee, I had a good looking woman, then you [Producer] Excuse me, Son, I want the same number again, Death Letter again [Son] [Producer] Oh, oh the same one? Ok I'm sorry then, alright Alright it's alright [Producer] Ok false start, uh, 79148, Take 2 [Son] I got a letter this mornin, how do you reckon it read? It said, "Hurry, hurry the gal, you love is dead" I got a letter this mornin, I say how do you reckon it read? You know, it said, "Hurry, hurry, cause the gal you love is dead" So, I grabbed up my suitcase, and took off down the road When I got there she was layin on a coolin' board I grabbed up my suitcase, and I said and I took off down the road I said, but when I got there she was already layin on a coolin' board Well, I walked up right close, looked down in her face Said, the good ol' gal got to lay here till the Judgment Day I walked up right close, and I said I looked down in her face I said the good ol' gal, she got to lay here till the Judgment Day Looked like there was 10,000 people standin' round the buryin' ground I didn't know I loved her till they laid her down Looked like 10,000 were standin' round the buryin' ground You know I didn't know I loved her till they began to lay her down Lord, have mercy on my wicked soul I wouldn't mistreat you baby, for my weight in gold I said, Lord, have mercy on my wicked soul You know I wouldn't mistreat nobody, baby, not for my weight in gold You know I didn't feel so bad, till the good ol' sun went down I didn't have nobody to throw my arms around I didn't feel so bad, till the good ol' sun went down You know, I didn't have a soul to throw my arms around You know I went in my room, I bowed down to pray The blues came along and drove my spirit away I went in my room, I said I bowed down to pray I said well the blues came along and drove my spirit away I loved you baby, like I love myself You don't have me, you won't have nobody else I loved you honey, better than I did myself I said now if you don't have me, I didn't want you to have nobody else Well, listen, whatever you do This is one thing, honey, I tried to get along with you Yes, no tellin' what you do I done everything I could, just to try and get along with you Well, the minutes seemed like hours, hours seemed like days It seemed like my baby outta been stopped from low-down ways Minutes seemed like hours, hours they seemed like days Seems like my baby shoulda stopped her low-down ways You know, it's hard to love someone that don't love you Don't look like satisfaction, don't care what in the world you do Yeah, it's hard to love someone that don't love you You know it don't be satisfaction, don't care what in the world you do You know, love's a hard ol' fall, make you do things you don't wanna do Love sometimes leaves you feeling sad and blue You know, love's a hard ol' fall, make you do things you don't wanna do Love sometimes make you feel sad and blue