22/20 Blues-Skip James

Oh Mr Crest Mr Crest How in the world you Expect for me to rest Oh Mr Crest Mr Crest How in the world you Expect for me to rest You've got my twenty two twenty Laying up across my breast Oh if I send for my baby And she act a fool And she don't never come If I send for my baby She act a fool And she don't never come All the doctors in New York City I declare they can't help her none You know sometimes she gets unruly And she act like she just don't wanna do Sometimes she gets unruly And she act like she just don't wanna But I get my twenty two twenty I cut that woman half in two Oh your thirty three special Buddy it's most too light Your thirty three special Buddy it's most too light But my twenty two twenty Will make ev'rything alright Ah or your fouty four fouty Buddy it'll do very well Your fouty four fouty Buddy it'll do very well But my twenty two twenty I declare you it's a burnin' hell I was stranded on the highway hi With my twenty two twenty in my I was standin' on the highway With my twenty two twenty in my They got me 'cussed for murder I declare I never have harmed a man Lord oh I measured my gun And it's just a long as my right arm I measured my gun And it's just as long as my right I'm gon' raise me some sand And back down the road I declare