Jim Lee Blues, Part 1 Songtext
von Charley Patton

Went away up the river some forty mile or more
I think I heard that big Jim Lee whistle blow
She blow so lonesome, like she wasn′t gonna blow no more
It blowed just like my baby gettin' on board

I′m a poor old boy an' a long way from home
And you causin' me to leave my plumb good home
My Mama she is dead and my father well could be
I ain′t got nobody to feel and care for me


If you don′t want me just give me your hand
And I'll get a woman quick as you can get a man
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

I laid my head in a steamer woman's arms
And she laid her nappy head in mine
When I got arrested, what do you reckon was my fine?
Says they give all coons eleven twenty-nine

It was moonshine, don′t pay me no mind
'Cause I did not let no coons have mine
Well the big Jim Lee keep a-backing up and down
Keep standin′ by the shore, man, if you're water bound