Nehi Mamma Blues-Frank Stokes

[ti:Nehi Momma Blues] [ar:Frank Stokes] [al:The Victor Recordings (1928 - 1929)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Nehi Mamma Blues - Frank Stokes [00:02.49]White man take the blues [00:04.27]He walk to the river and set down [00:06.02] [00:08.28]White man take the blues [00:10.09]He walk to the river and set down [00:11.79] [00:13.91]If the blues get too heavy he'll jump overboard and drown [00:17.58] [00:19.54]Colored man take the blues [00:21.10]He walk to the river and set down [00:22.94] [00:24.79]Gets stuck by a knee-high mama [00:26.49]And he turn right short around [00:28.30] [00:30.71]Now mama I wonder what's goin' on mama since I left town [00:33.80] [00:36.28]Now East and West North and South [00:39.29]Why the knee-high women have done turned me out [00:42.08]'Cause they can Eagle Rock me they can stop me [00:44.77] [00:45.37]A-from the thing that I used to do [00:47.06]I've got the knee-high blues mama [00:48.68]Don't know what in the world to do [00:50.54] [00:52.84]A-now T for Texas T for Tennessee [00:55.00] [00:55.62]S is a mighty bad letter for they stole her 'way from me [00:58.51]'Cause she can Eagle Rock me she can stop me [01:01.06] [01:01.85]A-from the thing that I used to do [01:04.10]I've got the knee-high blues mama [01:05.89]Don't know what in the world to do [01:07.52] [01:25.45]Now down on the Third Street the corner of Beale [01:28.45]Where the knee-high women have got a terrible spiel [01:30.85]'Cause they can Eagle Rock you they can stop you [01:33.70] [01:34.31]A-from the thing that you used to do [01:35.86]I've got the knee-high blues [01:37.67]Don't know what in the world to do [01:39.91] [01:41.82]Now Papa got to singin' my folks got to cryin' [01:44.62]The knee-high women stays on my mind [01:47.28]'Cause they can Eagle Rock me they can stop me [01:50.08] [01:50.64]A-from the thing that I used to do [01:53.03]I've got the knee-high blues [01:54.37]Don't know what in the world to do [01:56.28] [02:14.08]Now listen that's the police layin' on my door [02:17.06]The knee-high women keep me everywhere I go [02:19.69]'Cause they can Eagle Rock me they can stop me [02:22.19] [02:22.81]A-from the thing that I used to do [02:25.13]I've got the knee-high blues mama [02:26.64]Don't know what in the world to do [02:29.26] [02:56.80]I've got the knee-high blues [02:57.80] [02:58.32]Don't know what in the world to do