Posted by jan viggria on August 9, 2006, 5:29 pm, in reply to "Re: Matchbox Blues Lyrics" --Previous Message--
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listen to the lyrics on matchbox blues of little toby walker maybe he can tell you more good luck!
: Here's my attempt. Dig the great line
: "Got up this morning with my sho' 'nuff
: on my mind", which is also in Booster
: Blues. (Note also that "Sometime I
: think I'm some man these women ain't never
: seen" is quite similar to Rev. Gary
: Davis's Cross And Evil Woman Blues line
: "You treat me just like some man ain't
: never been seen".)
:
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:
: MATCH BOX BLUES by Blind Lemon Jefferson
: (Paramount 4424)
:
: I'm settin' here wonderin' would a matchbox
: hold my clothes
: I'm settin' here wonderin' would a matchbox
: hold my clothes
: I ain't got so many matches but I got so far
: to go
:
: Girl 'cross town wanna be my teddy bear
: Girl 'cross town wanna be my teddy bear
: Put a string on me and I'll follow you
: everywhere
:
: [Got] a peg leg woman man she can't hardly
: get outdoors
: I say a peg leg woman just can't hardly get
: outdoors
: I [left] ... [eight o'clock] last night ...
: [I'm sellin'] jellyroll
:
: I don't see why these women treats me so
: mean
: I don't see why these gals treat me so mean
: Sometime I think I'm some man these women
: ain't never seen
:
: Lord I got up this morning with my sho'
: 'nuff [i.e., sure enough] on my mind
: Got up this mornin' same thing on my mind
: The woman I love she keep a good man workin'
: all the time
:
: Now tell me mama who may your manager be
: Now tell me who may your manager be
: Reason I ask so many questions can't you
: make 'rangements for me
:
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:
: --Previous Message--
: Hi,
: Can anyone help me? I am struggling to
: decipher the lyrics to Blind Lemon
: Jefferson's Matchbox Blues, This is not
: the same version as on Ari's excellent
: video. It's a version I have on an LP
: called The Immortal Blind Lemon Jefferson
: (CBS 63738). I have listed below what I
: believe the lyrics to be. I would
: appreciate any suggestions.
:
:
: I'm sitting here wondering will a matchbox
: hold my cloths
: I'm sitting here wondering will a matchbox
: hold my cloths
: I ain't got so many matches but I got so far
: to go
: (Girl cross town?) want a be my teddy bear
: (Girl cross town?) want a be my teddy bear
: Put a string on me an' I'll follow you
: everywhere
: ???? peg leg woman ?????????
: I got a peg leg woman ????????? everywhere I
: go
: ????????????????????? Jellyroll
: I don't see why these women treat me so mean
: I don't see why these ?? treat me so mean
: Sometime I think ??????? women ain't never
: seen
: ??????? this morning with my ?????? on my
: mind
: Got up this morning same thing on my mind
: The woman I love she keep a good man waiting
: all the time
: Now tell me mamma who may your manager be
: Now tell me who may your manager be
: Reason I ask so many questions can you make
: arrangements for me
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