Stepfather Blues-Big Joe Williams

[ti:Stepfather Blues] [ar:Big Joe Williams] [al:His Spirit Lives On] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Stepfather Blues - Big Joe Williams [00:04.97]Aw when I was a little boy mama [00:07.29] [00:08.02]About sixteen inches high [00:09.85] [00:14.57]When I was a little boy baby [00:16.54] [00:17.80]About sixteen inches high [00:19.22] [00:22.00]I had a mean stepfather [00:24.36]Lord he didn't want me to eat a bite [00:26.91] [00:29.99]I got a mean stepfather now [00:32.22] [00:32.83]Know you got a one too [00:34.87] [00:37.26]I got a mean stepfather [00:38.96] [00:39.96]And I know you have one too [00:42.15] [00:45.11]And my Mother's dead and gone [00:47.63]Nothing in the world that he will do [00:49.67] [00:52.92]Well my Mother she gone [00:54.45] [00:55.79]And I hope she going to stay [00:57.78] [01:00.45]Well my Mother she gone hoo [01:02.63]Lord and I hope she going to stay [01:04.51] [01:09.09]I have mean stepfather [01:10.95] [01:12.14]He done drove me away [01:13.82] [01:17.86]When I was a little boy Lord [01:19.29] [01:20.90]My stepfather didn't allow me around [01:23.27] [01:26.65]When I was a little boy mama [01:28.40] [01:29.53]Stepfather didn't allow me around [01:31.50] [01:33.69]He's a no good w**d mama [01:35.58]And the cows won't mow him down [01:37.46] [01:39.40]Well poor Joe leaving this morning [01:41.09] [01:42.38]My face is full of frowns [01:44.06] [01:48.73]Well I'm leaving this morning [01:50.35] [01:51.75]Face is full of frowns [01:53.75] [01:55.75]I got a mean stepfather [01:57.36]My dear mother [01:58.55]She don't allow me around [02:00.70] [02:03.20]That's all right [02:03.90] [02:06.11]May be home someday [02:07.37] [02:09.84]Oh Lord Lord mama [02:11.57]May be home someday [02:12.73] [02:17.12]My mean stepfather is gwine [02:19.73]Give me a place to lay [02:22.68] [02:25.61]I am a little boy [02:26.94] [02:29.37]I cried all night long [02:30.96] [02:33.86]Oh Lord I'm a little boy [02:35.38] [02:36.69]I cried the whole night long [02:38.84] [02:40.83]My stepfather he sweared [02:43.55]He done me wrong [02:44.92] [02:47.90]When I be dogged mama [02:49.46] [02:51.58]I leave my happy home [02:53.34] [02:55.27]Play [02:55.55] [02:56.30]Before I be dogged now baby [02:58.28] [02:59.56]I leave my happy home [03:01.34] [03:02.85]He's a no good w**d well [03:04.90]He's done gone